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My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I’m at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

Benicio Del Toro

Villains used to always die in the end. Even the monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula – you’d kill them with a stake. Now the nightmare guy comes back.
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Guy Monster Nightmare
I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It’s good for business.
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Giving Oscar Thinking
You deal with failure – strike, strike, strike – all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way – your hair is too dark, you’re too ugly for the part, your audition wasn’t good.
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Dark Hair Skins Tomorrow
Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.
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Choices Reading Thinking
I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.
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Littles Oscars Tomorrow
Regarding green screen, green screen is really like doing some stage work. You have to make believe that there is a window, make believe that something is there that is really not there and convince the audience. It’s part of acting.
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Acting Believe Green
I’ve done a lot of movies, and you really never know. You do a movie and you think that it’s great, and then you see it and it doesn’t work.
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Done Knows Thinking
I’m not Jack Nicholson. I’m not Brando. But I do mumble.
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Brando Identity
I’ve always played the guy with the gun and the knife. That’s how many actors start out, playing the bad guy.
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Gun Guy Knives
I mean I like most of the films that I’ve seen that I’ve been in. Those are the kind of films that I like to see. Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts. Does that make any sense?
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Mean Reading Thinking
I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Black Creature Lagoon
To me the thing with ‘Grease’ was that it was the first movie that as a kid I wanted to get up and do what they were doing.
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Firsts Grease Kids
When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It’s like a sport.
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Clock Sports Ticking
I’m not saying I’m a writer, but I’ve been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.
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Movie Thinking Writing
I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.
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Doe Fans might
It really is a pleasure to work with someone who you admire. Whatever you do in front of the camera, and I don’t know what it is, but actors have this thing that you recognize someone that makes you better. When you do that, it’s a great feeling.
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Actor Cameras Feelings

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I’m at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

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My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I’m at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

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