Javier Bardem on Acting in a Second Language

“Words have an emotional resonance in you, huge emotional echoes, when you’re speaking in your own language. You don’t think about what you’re saying; the words come out of a need to express yourself. When you’re speaking in a foreign language, there’s like an office in your brain, where people are throwing the words at you. ‘Give me that word – I need a verb! I need an adjective!'”