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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.

Vin Diesel

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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Actor Best Choice Expectation Myself
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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Criticism Myself Retard Room Worst Writing
I’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
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Appreciation Body Goodness Myself
I grew up with all kinds of people.
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Grow Up Kind Myself People
I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
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Adopt Issues Myself Trust
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
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
My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.
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Magic Mom Myself Support
You break her heart, I’ll break your neck.
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Break Heart Herself Myself
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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Growth Internal Myself Process Son
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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Character Focus Myself Pocket Possible Process Stay
Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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Bad Career Diverse
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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Character Enjoyment Feeling Learning Myself Play Therapy
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
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 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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Act Business Myself Start Time

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 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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