I’m an actor. I can do whatever I want. As an actor, not everything has to be the most obvious choice. And sometimes, the best thing you can do is to defy expectations.
VIN DIESELMy mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
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I’m not really afraid of the dark, except if I’m walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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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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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’ve directed independent film.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
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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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I grew up with all kinds of people.
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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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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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