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.
BENICIO DEL TOROWhen you do a movie the clock is ticking. It’s like a sport.
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I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.
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I 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.
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You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.
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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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When I was a little kid, I was the first kid in my neighborhood to have a pet alligator.
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I’m not Jack Nicholson. I’m not Brando. But I do mumble.
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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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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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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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You might get some serial killers who are born with a chip missing, but for the most part I don’t think anyone is born bad.
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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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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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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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Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.
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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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