I’ve directed independent film.
VIN DIESELIt wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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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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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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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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I’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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If I’m on set and I’m in character, I’m not thinking like a producer. If I’m on set and I’m not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I’m just coming on set for the moments that I’m not shooting, then I’m able to be the producer.
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Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We’ve all experienced that, in one way or another.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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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 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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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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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 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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