I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
VIN DIESELIf it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
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I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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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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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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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I’ve never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
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Rated R movies are few and far between, nowadays. We’re all seeing less and less rated R movies, and less and less of them are being made.
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With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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Any film that you see is never just the director. If it’s a film that you love, it’s not so easy to say, “Oh it’s directed by this person – that means everything that person directs is going be wonderful.”
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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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It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
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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 love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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If you believe in the project, you have to support it.
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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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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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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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IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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When I’m writing, I’m locking myself in a room. I’m the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I’m like “Vin, you’re retarded, that makes no sense.”
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I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
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I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.
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I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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