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Javier Bardem's date with destiny

He's been called the heir to Pacino, De Niro and Nicholson, all in one. On Sunday night, Javier Bardem won a BAFTA for his role in 'No Country for Old Men.' Will it be an Oscar next?

By Christopher Turner  /  THE GUARDIAN , NEW YORK

Bardem insists he isn't seduced by Los Angeles. "I don't drive," he says. "Sometimes people around you see what is happening to you as something extraordinary, but not yourself.

"The fact of being a Spaniard, and living in Spain, enables me to see things from the outside, with a camera B. It's good to go back to your roots and to see everything with a second camera. When you see yourself from the outside, you see how small everything is, how unimportant."

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