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.
VIN DIESELYou 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 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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Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
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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 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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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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Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
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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 don’t think a lot of actors talk about it, but there’s usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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When you go to the movies with your whole family, it’s a different experience. For some reason, it’s something that you’re all doing together and you take away something special in that.
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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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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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