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.
VIN DIESELIf 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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When you come onto the set, everything should be focused around your character and you should stay in the pocket, as much as possible. Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket.
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When I’m writing, I’m locking myself in a room. I’m the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I’m like “Vin, you’re retarded, that makes no sense.”
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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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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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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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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If you believe in the project, you have to support it.
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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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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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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
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