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I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I’m not talking about acting or anything like that, I’m talking about people I admire, whether it’s a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

Benicio Del Toro

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
When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It’s like a sport.
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Clock Sports Ticking
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
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
I get more choices of things, projects, which is a blessing and a curse. I can only do one at a time. Sometimes you don’t know which way to go.
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Blessing Choices Way
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
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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Goal Interesting Thinking
I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.
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Basketball Inspirational Play
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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Firsts Guy Roles
Before I was even in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. Rumor was that I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.
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Dark Eyes School
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
To be honest with you, I’d rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
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Deadline Honest Pressure
When I was a little kid, I was the first kid in my neighborhood to have a pet alligator.
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Kids Littles Pet
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
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’ve liked most of the films that I’ve been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.
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Film Kind Like Most

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I’m not talking about acting or anything like that, I’m talking about people I admire, whether it’s a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

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I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I’m not talking about acting or anything like that, I’m talking about people I admire, whether it’s a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

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