Benicio Del Toro Quotes

I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'

I'm always looking for advice on how to get better as a person and as a player.

I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I learned from my past.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business point of view.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.