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.
VIN DIESELI’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I’ve directed independent film.
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I can’t go white, Indian, Asian, Latin. For me, in my existence, if I’m anything, I’m inclusive of everyone, and we are just one, and I hope that global harmony is in all of us.
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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.
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We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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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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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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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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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.
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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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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 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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Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.
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