You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
VIN DIESELI 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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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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Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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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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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 films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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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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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There’s something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.
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Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.
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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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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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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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