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.
VIN DIESELI’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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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 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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They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.
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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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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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I don’t think a lot of actors talk about it, but there’s usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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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’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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That’s what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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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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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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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 wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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