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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.”

Vin Diesel

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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Director Easy Movie Person Wonder Yourself
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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Artist Community Growth Myself
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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Actor Collaboration Effort Movie Myself Scene Shine Steal Strong
I haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Fans God Myself Thankful Weird
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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The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I’d be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby.
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Beyond Experience Myself Relationship Thinking
Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.
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Drive Myself Personality Style
Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We’ve all experienced that, in one way or another.
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Director Experience Hollywood Oneself Way
If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
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Action Appreciation Movie Performance Role Understand Yourself
That’s what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Commitment Love Movie Myself Project Thinking
I love women more than anything.
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Love Myself Woman
Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.
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Car Choice Drive Important Yourself
When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.
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Children Fear Myself Tree
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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Actor Choice Job Myself Option Preference School
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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Feeling Hairs Head Lost Myself Therapy
I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.
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Art Friendship Martial Myself Practice World
Deal-making goes on with any job.
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Creation Deal Myself One Liner
Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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Concern Female Hollywood Preference Shape
When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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Believe Miracle People Yourself
I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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Myself Relate Spiritual Thinking
Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
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Game Oneself Universe Virtual
If I’m on set and I’m in character, I’m not thinking like a producer. If I’m on set and I’m not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I’m just coming on set for the moments that I’m not shooting, then I’m able to be the producer.
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Character Make Up Moments Myself Production Thinking
I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Love Myself Possible Project Thinking
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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Faith Feeling Movie Sequel Writing Yourself
You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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Criticism Home Movie Myself People Run
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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Fiction Follow Imagination Love Myself Mythology Science Vision
My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.
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Advice Book Empowerment Mom Practical Yourself

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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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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