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.
VIN DIESELIf 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.
More Vin Diesel Quotes
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I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don’t approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.
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I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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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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I think there’s something we all relate to about wanting to get to our most primal self.
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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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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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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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I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.
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I can’t go white, Indian, Asian, Latin. For me, in my existence, if I’m anything, I’m inclusive of everyone, and we are just one, and I hope that global harmony is in all of us.
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I grew up with all kinds of people.
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I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
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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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