Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
VIN DIESELI’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
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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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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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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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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.
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Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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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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Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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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’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
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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 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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Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can’t look to one person – you couldn’t look to me, you couldn’t say, ‘Because Vin’s in it, it’s this or that.’ It’s really all of us coming together for that period of time to try and make magic.
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I haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.
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I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: “If I’m not a star by the time I’m 18, I’ll get out of the business.”
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It’s like you have a child and you think, ‘Everything that I’ve done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.’ It’s a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don’t approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.
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I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
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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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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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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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Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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