I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
VIN DIESELI 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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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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I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.
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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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If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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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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I am definitely a person of color.
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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I’d be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: “If I’m not a star by the time I’m 18, I’ll get out of the business.”
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Any film that you see is never just the director. If it’s a film that you love, it’s not so easy to say, “Oh it’s directed by this person – that means everything that person directs is going be wonderful.”
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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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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 think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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