“I used to feel guilty about owning a console.”

I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.

We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.

They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.

Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.

My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.

You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality, you don’t want to do those films every year because they’re taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.

You break her heart, I’ll break your neck.

Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.

I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.

The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.

I believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.

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.

I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

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.

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.

At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.

It’s a long road when you face the world alone, when no one reaches out a hand for you to hold. You can find love if you search within your soul, and the emptiness you felt will disappear.

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

Have you felt the bitterness of a world without hugs?

This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.

At least you give me an opportunity to feel.

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.

I like you brave, I like you breathing free, I like you feeling all of you in you.