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I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

Vin Diesel

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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Character Essential Play Previous Talk Thinking Yourself
I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.
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Artist Community Growth Myself
I’ve directed independent film.
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Director Independent Movie Myself
I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There’s something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.
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Character Enjoyment Feeling Learning Myself Play Therapy
I’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.
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Actor Best Choice Expectation Myself
Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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Bad Career Diverse
A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
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Celebration Life Masculine Myself Possible Time
I have dangerous bones in my body.
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Body Bone Dangerous Myself
If you believe in the project, you have to support it.
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Believe Project Support Yourself
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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Day Extreme Fashion Life Myself Need Thinking
Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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Concern Female Hollywood Preference Shape
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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Beyond Experience Myself Relationship Thinking
If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn’t be that, I’d want to be a superhero.
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Actor Choice Job Myself Option Preference School
Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
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Age Born Choice Man Option
I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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Myself Relate Spiritual Thinking
I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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Action Actor Care Myself

I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

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