You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
VIN DIESELIn 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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It’s like you have a child and you think, ‘Everything that I’ve done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.’ It’s a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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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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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
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When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.
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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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If I’m on set and I’m in character, I’m not thinking like a producer. If I’m on set and I’m not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I’m just coming on set for the moments that I’m not shooting, then I’m able to be the producer.
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I’ve directed independent film.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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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’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
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