Benicio Del Toro Quotes

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

I really love being in 'Game of Thrones,' but I don't know if it's my big break.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people.

People still remember Sean Penn as Spicoli from 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High,' and if I can have, like, one-10th of his career, then I'm fine.

I've been a very lucky actor.

There were so many people who wanted me for their films.

I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out, and everyone would know that I was a professional actor and I would be accepted.

I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

Millions of people come every day to Mumbai to fulfill their acting dreams. Being one of them is always tough.

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

I do good work in Pakistan. I am an A-lister actor. So, even in Bollywood I want to work with an A-lister.

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.

A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.

Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.

If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot.

It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.