Benicio Del Toro Biography

“I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.”

"Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumour was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"There have been some wars that been necessary in some ways. I think WWII was an important war. If the situation right now was like WWII, I'm sure you would be all for it. I believe in war but I'm not clear with what's going on now."