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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.

Vin Diesel

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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Criticism Home Movie Myself People Run
When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.
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Children Fear Myself Tree
I am definitely a person of color.
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Color Myself Person
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.
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Actor Best Choice Expectation Myself
Of course, I don’t act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don’t think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.
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Day Extreme Fashion Life Myself Need Thinking
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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Artist Community Growth Myself
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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Age People Place Yourself
I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Love Myself Possible Project Thinking
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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Afraid Darkness Exception Lips Myself Possible Walk Wall
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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Hollywood Perfection Thinking Welcome Yourself
Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.
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Car Choice Drive Important Yourself
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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Fiction Follow Imagination Love Myself Mythology Science Vision
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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Darkness Live Reality Smoke Start Yourself
Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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Drive Myself Personality Style
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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Freedom Live Myself Store Time
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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Fight Mom Myself Protection Tough
If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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Amazing Myself Role
The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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Family Important Life People
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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Education Help Learning Marketing Myself Skills Time
I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
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Consistent Discipline Enough Myself Writing
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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Approach Enjoyment Flattery Kind Myself People Talent Thinking Worth
I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Decline Movie Myself
Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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Game Oneself Universe Virtual
Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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Love Motivation Myself
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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Character Focus Myself Pocket Possible Process Stay
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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Director Experience Hollywood Oneself Way
I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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Age Audition Time

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