If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
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More Vin Diesel Quotes
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Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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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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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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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.
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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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When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.
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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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It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
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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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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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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’m not really afraid of the dark, except if I’m walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.
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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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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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I’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
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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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They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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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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I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.
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