Hey folks Sam Jones here.

Welcome to another edition of Off-camera, the show where I get to talk to iconic, creative, curious

artists, and find out how they got that way.

And in this episode, I sit down with actor Javier Bardem.

Born in Spain, Javier Bardem comes from a long line of artists and filmmakers, but his love of cinema officially

took shape when his mother, a working actress herself, snuck him into a movie theater to see

Bob Fosse's All That Jazz when he was six years old.

It wasn't exactly a Disney movie, but that didn't matter.

Javier was in awe.

He wondered, what is this mechanism of people, feelings, dance, music, colors, drama, nudity, and comedy. I want to be part of that.

His passion and dedication to the craft are evident in his work. Take his award-winning performances in the Cohen brothers No Country for Old Men and Ineratus

Beautiful to name a few. In his newest film Loving Pablo, Javier takes on the legend and mythology

of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and takes on the legend and mythology of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and

takes on an intensity and physicality that was even intimidating to his

co-star and wife Penelope Cruz. But Javier and Penelope know the difference between fiction and reality.

As Javier says, at the end of the day, I give her flowers and chocolates and say,

that was a lie, even though it's a part of my truth as a human being.

Honesty is everything for Javier, even though it's hard to attain on a daily basis.

He says, we tell so many lies during the day because we need to protect who we are for others.

When you play a character you have to give up on that and be naked.

And that's why actors love acting.

It may be the only time in the day when we are honest.

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