I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
VIN DIESELI grew up the son of an acting teacher but I’ve never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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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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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
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Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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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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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 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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That’s what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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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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I’ve directed independent film.
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I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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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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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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