With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
VIN DIESELI’m an actor. I can do whatever I want. As an actor, not everything has to be the most obvious choice. And sometimes, the best thing you can do is to defy expectations.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for Iron Giant, and I’m not even on the screen.
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Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.
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I don’t think a lot of actors talk about it, but there’s usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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I grew up with all kinds of people.
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I can’t go white, Indian, Asian, Latin. For me, in my existence, if I’m anything, I’m inclusive of everyone, and we are just one, and I hope that global harmony is in all of us.
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It’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.
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Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We’ve all experienced that, in one way or another.
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We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.
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Of course, I don’t act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don’t think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.
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I’m a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together.You see that in every aspect of the film.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.
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I’ve directed independent film.
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Deal-making goes on with any job.
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It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I’d be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.
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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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