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.
VIN DIESELIt’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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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.
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Deal-making goes on with any job.
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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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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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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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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
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In Hollywood, I think I get a bad rap for being a perfectionist. It’s something that’s not always welcomed in Hollywood, because you’re always pushing people and you’re pushing yourself to be the best that you can be.
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I love women more than anything.
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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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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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