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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 Diesel

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I’m doing or dream projects I have.
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Development Dreams Myself Night Project Work
I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.
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Actor Collaboration Effort Movie Myself Scene Shine Steal Strong
If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn’t be that, I’d want to be a superhero.
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Actor Choice Job Myself Option Preference School
They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.
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Help Open Road Thinking Yourself
If you believe in the project, you have to support it.
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Believe Project Support Yourself
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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Faith Feeling Movie Sequel Writing Yourself
We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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Deal Fair Judgment
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’ve directed independent film.
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Director Independent Movie Myself
I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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Myself Relate Spiritual Thinking
Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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Game Oneself Universe Virtual
If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for Iron Giant, and I’m not even on the screen.
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Children Exception Movie Myself Screen See Thinking
Rated R movies are few and far between, nowadays. We’re all seeing less and less rated R movies, and less and less of them are being made.
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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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Artist Community Growth 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
I 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.
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Growth Internal Myself Process Son

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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