Vin Diesel famous quotes

It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
-- Vin Diesel

#College #Motorcycle #Firsts

I used to do fight sequences, and I started to get self-conscious about fight sequences, because invariably the other person would get hurt, and you never want anyone to be hurt on a film, let alone you being responsible. The great thing about working with guys who have spent their life choreographing fights for wrestling is that that's what they do. That's their specialty. Their specialty is selling taking hits. Their specialty is selling explosive hits without making a contact or doing too much damage.
-- Vin Diesel

#Hurt #Wrestling #Fighting

I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
-- Vin Diesel

#Running #Hands #Years

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#People #Shining #Effort

If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.
-- Vin Diesel

#Inspirational #Dream #New York

When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.
-- Vin Diesel

#Believe #People #Believe In You

The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
-- Vin Diesel

#Kids #Games #Play

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."
-- Vin Diesel

#Stars #Years #Acting

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 Diesel

#School #Superhero #Choices

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Play #Sound

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
-- Vin Diesel

#Kissing #People #Giving

If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.
-- Vin Diesel

#Wind #Pages #Gone

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
-- Vin Diesel

#Running #Home #People

When Lucas was doing Star Wars, he didn't have a 50 million person Facebook following where he could just sift through feedback to try to get an idea for what he was going to do next. It's a luxury we have today.
-- Vin Diesel

#Stars #War #Ideas

Find your confidence, lead with love... the rest will follow.
-- Vin Diesel

I don't know when the last time was that Steven Spielberg or George Lucas made a movie with Universal, but I can tell you that Universal is leading the charge. They're looking at film differently. They're planning ahead in a way that I've never seen a studio do before. They're believing in a relationship between fan and film franchise, in a new way. They're more receptive to an audience, in part because of social media, in a way we've never been allowed.
-- Vin Diesel

#Believe #Media #Way

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

#Thinking #Oneness #Hollywood

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Made

If I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Thinking #Able

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Actors #Pockets

It's very rewarding to see the movie, and it's very rewarding to make the movie, but playing the character [Riddick] is sometimes a lot more difficult than other characters because it takes so much preparation to get into that character.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Preparation #Sometimes

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Fiction #Would Be #Film

It's remarkable how a soundtrack can be so important to the storytelling and the experience. I think the music is going to make people see the movie a lot. The music is going to make you want to go see it again. You have so much fun in the movie, and it's music that you want to share with your kids, anyway.
-- Vin Diesel

#Fun #Kids #Thinking

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

#Actors #Way #Directors

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

#Children #Tree #Actors

I grew up with all kinds of people.
-- Vin Diesel

#People #Kind #Grew

We all deal with being unfairly judged.
-- Vin Diesel

#Deals #Judged

I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
-- Vin Diesel

#Guilty #Used #Feels

You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
-- Vin Diesel

#Heart #Necks #Break

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Beautiful #Children #Father

When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'
-- Vin Diesel

#Successful #Firsts #Want

A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
-- Vin Diesel

#Trying #Looks #Feminine

A person in my position has to restrain himself.
-- Vin Diesel

#Position #Persons

You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.
-- Vin Diesel

#Congratulations #Stupid #Feel Good

I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
-- Vin Diesel

#Thanksgiving #Thank God #Encounters

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
-- Vin Diesel

#Mother #Supportive #World

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Mom #Who I Am #Guy

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
-- Vin Diesel

#Dream #Insecurity #Way

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

#Roles #Film #Heavy

The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
-- Vin Diesel

#Girl #Night #Way

I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
-- Vin Diesel

#Thinking #Film #Projects

I love women more than anything.
-- Vin Diesel

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Wall #Dark #Walking Away

I always have issues with trust.
-- Vin Diesel

#Issues

Deal-making goes on with any job.
-- Vin Diesel

#Jobs #Goes On #Deals

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.
-- Vin Diesel

#Jobs #Acting

The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.
-- Vin Diesel

#People #Important

They say the open road helps you think. About where you've been and where you're going.
-- Vin Diesel

#Thinking #Helping

I'm a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.
-- Vin Diesel

#Boys #Appreciate #Body

Show me how you drive and I'll show you who you are.
-- Vin Diesel

#Show Me #Shows #Who You Are

Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.
-- Vin Diesel

#Female #Actors #Shapes

If 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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Appreciation #Understanding #Dresses

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Team #Bullshit #Matter

IT don't matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!
-- Vin Diesel

#Winning #Matter #Inches

I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.
-- Vin Diesel

#Art #New York #Government

I think there's something we all relate to about...wanting to get to our most primal self.
-- Vin Diesel

#Thinking #Self #Relate

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.
-- Vin Diesel

#Careers #Diversification

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
-- Vin Diesel

#Care #Actors #Action

I have dangerous bones in my body.
-- Vin Diesel

#Body #Bones #Dangerous

We've come a long way, from where we've been. I'll tell you all about it when I see you again.
-- Vin Diesel

#Long #Way #You Again

I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers- because you did, too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world. The most important thing in life, will always be the people in this room. Salute mi familia. You'll always be with me... And you'll always be my brother.
-- Vin Diesel

#Brother #Thinking #People

Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
-- Vin Diesel

#Games #Steps #Video

I am definitely a person of color.
-- Vin Diesel

#Color #Persons

Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
-- Vin Diesel

#Wells

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Years #Skills #Firsts

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Ideas #Actors

It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
-- Vin Diesel

#Animal #Elephants #Bizarre

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 Diesel

#Kids #Thinking #Iron

If it's an amazing role, I'll do anything.
-- Vin Diesel

#Roles

I've directed independent film.
-- Vin Diesel

#Independent #Film #Independent Film

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
-- Vin Diesel

#Years

I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City.
-- Vin Diesel

#New York #Cities #Years

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
-- Vin Diesel

#Dream #Night #Hobbies

When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.
-- Vin Diesel

#Saving Private Ryan #Saving #Gamer

You get a timeless cool card in New York.
-- Vin Diesel

#New York #Cards #Timeless

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Art #Practice #Champion

Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.
-- Vin Diesel

#Men #Choices #Gentleman

I'm going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.
-- Vin Diesel

#Spiritual #Character #Levels

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Writing #Feelings #Trying

It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
-- Vin Diesel

#Revenge #Dirty #Loss

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Mother #Book #Car

Vin Diesel had to hire a babysitter.
-- Vin Diesel

#Babysitter #Hiring

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Baby #Monday #Thinking

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

#Brother #Children #Lunch

What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.
-- Vin Diesel

#Tv Shows #Trying #Nuance

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Dark #Marijuana #Reality

I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.
-- Vin Diesel

#Teacher #New York #Father

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Character #Thinking #Actors

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.
-- Vin Diesel

#Thinking #People #Roles

It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?
-- Vin Diesel

#Real #Interesting #People