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"You know, he's immensely secretive, and I think you want to open that door. You want to know what that secret is, even if it doesn't exist." Susanne Bier, Things We Lost in the Fire director Los Angeles Times, October 2007 "He makes me cry with laughter. But he is a very serious artist. He makes no compromises. We had a few confrontations, which were very exciting. They were not about power games. They were about: Is this the truthful description of this moment? He manages to remain a good person while being completely fueled up by drugs. He does not make drugs sexy, even though he is very sexy." Susanne Bier The NY Times, September 2007 "He's an actor who plays dark and brooding really well, but his sexuality and his sex appeal have always shown through his work. As a woman, I was always intrigued by how this guy could be so brooding and menacing and be so sexy at the same time. — I learned a lot from watching his sort of fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, stay-in-the-moment method. And working that way, when it works, creates moments on screen that are just magical." Halle Berry, Things We Lost in the Fire co-star The NY Times, September 2007 "Benicio has that ineffable quality that some performers have. And for whatever reason, he has a very compelling screen presence. I think you're born with part of that. And if you're as smart as he is, you work hard, you develop your craft to a point where it's supporting that innate talent. — We actually tend to make a lot of jokes and really have a good time." Steven Soderbergh, Traffic, The Argentine and Guerrilla director The NY Times, September 2007 "We wrote that part [in Traffic] with Benicio in mind. I've always found him magnetic on screen, and we really didn't consider anyone else. The rhythm of his character is slowed down, and what I like best is his attention to detail. The design of the story demands that he play what he's thinking very close to the vest, because the stakes are so high. It's a towering performance." Steven Soderbergh The NY Times, January 2001 "Benicio Del Toro is a big man, more than two metres tall and suitably hefty. It's not until you look into his face that you get the full impact of his physical legacy. He looks like an angel. Unfathomably, ethereally, androgynously beautiful. A dark Lucifer, with wild black hair that seems to hold a lot of pale dust; soft, feminine lips and lidless eyes with irises the colour of mother-of-pearl. You expect him to tell you to fear not, and in a way he does. He keeps very quiet, lets you get used to it." Sally Vincent, reporter Guardian, February 2004 "He could do nothing onscreen and he would be interesting to watch. Those eyes are so soulful and deep. They express so much sadness and strength." Naomi Watts, 21 Grams co-star W / Style.com, December 2003 "– this big smoky-eyed 'Rican who has a great kind of stillness and dignity about him." Sean Penn, 21 Grams co-star and The Pledge and The Indian Runner director W / Style.com, December 2003 "The way that he thinks is just so uncommon. Everybody has their own truth in life, but the truth Benicio sees is a lot more fun to watch." Sean Penn W / Style.com, December 2003 "He's like an acting animal, this guy who comes out of the forest to make movies better. He's fearless, and he has a very distinctive imagination for character. He's one of the few actors who can make flamboyant choices that never just say, 'Look at me.' He's not showy. If he stands out, it's only because the rest of the people haven't risen as high to the bar." Sean Penn The NY Times, January 2001 "Benicio decided to record this version of 'Shake, Rattle and Roll.' He didn't sing it; he just read the words out loud. It was like a complete rediscovery of the song. It took on a whole new depth and meaning, and you'd say you'd never heard it before. That's what he does with his characters, too. He takes a story you think you've seen a thousand times and transforms it into something else entirely. He makes it new." Alejandro González Iñárritu, 21 Grams director W / Style.com, December 2003 "Del Toro is an exciting actor. He's obsessed with his work. He draws the camera like a magnet because he keeps coming up with things that are dark, brooding, dangerous and sexy." Terry Gilliam, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas director "More than any other actor I've ever met, Benicio is not in pursuit of fame or recognition. I think he's a guy who has a great disdain for popularity. He's very resistant to playing a leading man. He would rather create a character." Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects writer, The Way of the Gun writer/director "He's killed early into the movie and he probably has, like, nine lines. But I found it the most memorable performance of 1995. The guy just goes out and thinks, 'No one's gonna understand what I'm doing except for me, but I'm a f***ing genius.' " Matt Damon on Benicio's performance in The Usual Suspects |
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