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.”
VIN DIESELI’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
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I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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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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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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It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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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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If you believe in the project, you have to support it.
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Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Deal-making goes on with any job.
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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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I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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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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