“I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.”

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.”

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.

I’m not really afraid of the dark, except if I’m walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.

When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.

When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.

I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.

The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.

I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.

I’ve directed independent film.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for Iron Giant, and I’m not even on the screen.

Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.

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.

Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We’ve all experienced that, in one way or another.

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.

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.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

Pay now, play later; play now, pay later.

Advice is based on our sanskars. Implementation is based on theirs.

The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

Sometimes we can trace our fears through the actions we take, and sometimes it’s the actions we’re reluctant to take

To make this world a better place we need compassion but we also need accountability for our actions.