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.
VIN DIESELI’m a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together.You see that in every aspect of the film.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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Deal-making goes on with any job.
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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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I believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.
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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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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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Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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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 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.
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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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Rated R movies are few and far between, nowadays. We’re all seeing less and less rated R movies, and less and less of them are being made.
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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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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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I can’t go white, Indian, Asian, Latin. For me, in my existence, if I’m anything, I’m inclusive of everyone, and we are just one, and I hope that global harmony is in all of us.
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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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