Words matter. These are the best Vin Diesel Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have dangerous bones in my body.
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.
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.
Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.
I talk too much.
It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we’re all in character.
The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.
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.
Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.
If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.
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.
I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
A day with my kids is the best day.
It’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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.
When your co-stars are 9-month-old babies, you fall in love. You start thinking, When am I going to have my own?
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.
I always have issues with trust. I’m a New Yorker… Really, I think trust is something that comes from the gut. And I think you have to – it’s probably the worst advice to give people – but I think you gotta trust people from your gut.
Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, 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.
My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
It’s hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it’s a really strange exercise to try to reflect on something that I am at the moment. But I guarantee you that when I’m done with the movie and you ask me that question, I’ll be able to give you something insightful.
I grew up the son of an acting teacher, so I was kind of introduced to all of these various methods early… I’ve never been really good at articulating how, what that process is in the way that Stanislavsky could.
I am definitely a person of color.
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.
I approach ‘Fast & Furious 6’ the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character’s getting into character.
If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a ‘Gone with the Wind 2.’
I’m the most ambitious person you ever met.
A person in my position has to restrain himself.
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.
I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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.
I act because it’s the one time I’m sure of my identity. There’s no doubt. It’s on paper.
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.
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.
I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
I grew up with all kinds of people.
We all deal with being unfairly judged.
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.
None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade, and what it must be like to return to a character and imagine the time off-screen, which is interesting. There’s something as an actor that I enjoy about evolving characters.
I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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.
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.
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.
I love women more than anything.
