There’s a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
BENICIO DEL TOROMy 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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I don’t think I could be a foot soldier. I don’t know if I could take orders too good. I’m a little lazy.
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Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.
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I’ve played drug dealers, all my life. I’ve made a career of killing people and playing all kinds of killers. The violence and drugs is portrayed in exaggeration. This is fiction. That is how I looked at it. And, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Just open a newspaper.
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When some people get parts, they feel they can now relax, but for me it was always the opposite. Sometimes before I do a movie or before I act out a scene, I may not sleep well the night before. If I don’t know what the scene is about, I might get all worked up.
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When you start to become a movie star it’s easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That’s why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.
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I’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.
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I don’t see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.
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The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.
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I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Some roles have been with me forever
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It’s funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn’t plan out any huge career for myself.
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When I was a little kid, I was the first kid in my neighborhood to have a pet alligator.
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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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It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.
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Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.
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