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 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.
BENICIO DEL TOROIt 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.
BENICIO DEL TOROBefore I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.
BENICIO DEL TOROLicense to Kill’ is not one of the great Bond movies.
BENICIO DEL TOROIt 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.
BENICIO DEL TOROI’m a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.
BENICIO DEL TOROI 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.
BENICIO DEL TOROMy grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who’s a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.
BENICIO DEL TOROI’m not Jack Nicholson. I’m not Brando. But I do mumble.
BENICIO DEL TOROSome roles have been with me forever
BENICIO DEL TORORegarding 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.
BENICIO DEL TOROI’ve had people ask me: ‘How can you make a movie about a murderer? A terrorist?’ What they don’t understand is that I’m in support of everyone who appears on screen. I have to be. I take the position of everyone who’s on screen. I’m not judging them one way or another.
BENICIO DEL TOROWhen you do a movie the clock is ticking. It’s like a sport.
BENICIO DEL TOROI trained as a theatre actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by.
BENICIO DEL TOROThere’s a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
BENICIO DEL TOROWell when I was a kid, I asked Santa Claus for some toys. Santa Claus wrote me a letter that he lost his bag. He said he’d get back to me next year.
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