Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
VIN DIESELWhen you go to the movies with your whole family, it’s a different experience. For some reason, it’s something that you’re all doing together and you take away something special in that.
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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 don’t think a lot of actors talk about it, but there’s usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.
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I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.
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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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Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.
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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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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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When I’m writing, I’m locking myself in a room. I’m the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I’m like “Vin, you’re retarded, that makes no sense.”
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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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A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.
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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 believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.
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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
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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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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
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My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.
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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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I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.
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I haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
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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.
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IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
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