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.
VIN DIESELMost of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
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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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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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With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: “If I’m not a star by the time I’m 18, I’ll get out of the business.”
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I am definitely a person of color.
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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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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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I would love to do more science fiction. I always envisioned the Riddick franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I’m doing or dream projects I have.
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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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