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When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It’s like a sport.

Benicio Del Toro

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
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 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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Attention Believe Stars
There’s a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.
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Filmmaker Latin Latino
Hopefully, I can play both sides of the fence. That’s probably what winning the Oscar gives me, the chance to do something with a studio and do other things that I really want to do.
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Giving Play Winning
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’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
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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Night Opposite Sleep
Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.
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Dark Eye School
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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Beach Careers College
I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Black Creature Lagoon
Some roles have been with me forever
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Beens Forever Roles
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
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 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 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.
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Cousin Dad Uncles

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