It's what I always dreamed my life as an actor might become, but I never believed it would happen. Benicio's father still lives on the island. His mother died when he was 9 and at age 12, he was shipped off to boarding school in the United States. I took it for what it was. People are people everywhere.
Human beings can adapt to anything.
Del Toro grew up in Pennsylvania and attended the University of California at San Diego, before quitting to study acting at the Circle in the Square School in New York, and the renowned Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles. I had a privileged upbringing but I never felt comfortable in that lifestyle. According to Del Toro, his family was not thrilled when he decided to go into acting. It is an understatement to say that my father was shocked and saddened when I announced I wanted to be an actor. Actually, they freaked out.