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.
VIN DIESELBeing male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I 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.
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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 believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.
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I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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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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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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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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I haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.
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I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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I’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
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IT don’t matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
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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 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 started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: “If I’m not a star by the time I’m 18, I’ll get out of the business.”
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