Benicio Del Toro Quotes

I don't judge my characters.

I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them.

Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.

Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.

Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something good in him, and that kept my contact with the audience.

Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance.

From the point of view of art, the butcher and the victim are equal as people. You need to see the people.

One of my favorite writers is Chekhov. I love his attitude toward the world. Just accept things for what they are. Don't judge. Be moral as you tell your story, but have no moral at the end. Just look at it.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

You know which guys are doing steroids and which ones aren't. I don't judge anybody. Everybody has their own life and people do what they want. It's like smoking pot. If you experiment with it, it doesn't mean you're the devil, and it doesn't mean you've ruined your body. It just means you tried it.

Friends and family are vitally important for an individual who is struggling to return to the gospel path. Those around such a person must refrain from judging. They must do all they can to show love.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

People like my films. They understand me through my films; it's like a connection that has been established between all my work and myself and the audience and the viewer.

People that pick up hitchhikers I believe are basically good people that believe in other people and understand problems and don't judge people. That's always the kind of person I'm looking for.

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

Making a film is a way for me to understand what it's like to be a murderer, to confess, to be a beaten wife, to be a minority, to be a victor, to get the girl, to lose the girl. I can do all of that through the practice of an art form.

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.

I just want people to understand that life is very short. Never judge someone. I was judged in the court of public opinion. And I'm really just on earth to make things better. I goof around, but I always try pay it forward.

We do not see into men’s hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge.

I have learned never to judge any of the characters that I portay. Sometimes that is difficult to do because as a human being we tend to make judgements when we find out information about people and situations. In order to bring a character to life, though, I find that I cannot judge her or I won't be true to her.