I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
VIN DIESELI 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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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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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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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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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
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That’s what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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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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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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Find your confidence, lead with love, the rest will follow.
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I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.
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The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
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I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
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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 haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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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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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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It’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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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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In 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.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.
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Of course, I don’t act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don’t think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.
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