Javier Bardem He is enjoying his life with his wife Penelope Cruz in Spain.

One new Report magazine conversation with baby reindeer star Richard GaddThe 55-year-old Oscar-winning actor said “my wife and I are known” in Spain, but “they leave us alone.”

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story actor shares Two children from Cruz (50): Leo (13) and Luna (11).

Bardem stated that he was in Spain and added, “Personally speaking, I felt nothing but love, gratitude, joy and fun on the streets.” “That’s why we live here, because we feel like we’re among our people.”

Born and raised in Spain, Bardem and Cruz met on the set of the 1992 Spanish-language film. Jamón Jamón. Bardem said: Report The argument that “there was a change” in his level of fame after that movie became “a big thing” upon its release.

“I was like, ‘Wow, this feels good. People know me. I’m important,'” he recalled at the time. “You start taking advantage of that, you go to clubs, they give you drinks, girls come and talk to you, but then you start to see that it’s all fake.”

Bewitched The actor said he started “protecting” himself by isolating himself “because you realize that nothing is natural anymore.”

“Nothing is organic anymore. Nothing. Nobody. They don’t treat you like they treat anyone else,” he explained of fame. “And it’s hard to acclimate yourself to that, especially if you’re an actor, because we’re looking for the truth. We’re observers; we need to observe behavior, actions, speech patterns, personality traits, but none of that is possible when you’re the one being observed, so it’s challenging on a personal and professional level.”

Even though they met while making Jamón Jamón, Bardem and Cruz did not become romantic until they reunited nearly 15 years later to film the filming in 2008. Vicky Cristina Barcelona. They made their official debut as a couple at the 2010 Goya Awards. married July 13, 2010 in the Bahamas.

“We used to have different lives, different goals, objectives and goals. But there was still something, an energy, a chemistry, a way of trusting each other as people,” he recently explained. Gentleman’s Diary from their first sparks. “This took so long even though we hadn’t seen or talked to each other in years.”

“We I realized that this feeling is still alive. Very lively. He surprised us!” he added when they were reunited.

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He also said it helped Gentleman’s DiaryThe Oscar-winning couple knew each other before fame. “We met each other and knew each other before all the noise, before the success and before anyone saw us with different eyes because of who we were now, what we had become.”

“Trusting someone is an important foundation because you really know them and they really know you. You see me and I see you. That’s important,” Bardem said.