Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.
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 people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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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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It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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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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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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Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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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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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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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
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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.
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A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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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 haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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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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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 grew up the son of an acting teacher but I’ve never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
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I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.
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I’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.
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IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
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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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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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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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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 with all kinds of people.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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