Vin Diesel Quotes

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

Care, Action, Less

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

Yourself, Character, Talk

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

Money, Art, Made

I have dangerous bones in my body.
Vin Diesel

Body, Dangerous, Bones

I look formidable.
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I love what I do.
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I love women more than anything.
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I talk too much.
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I think a few pictures at a time.
Vin Diesel

Time, Few, Pictures

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

Guilty, Used, Console

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

City, York, Ten

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.
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Teacher, Character, Father

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

Family, Children, Brother

I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?
Vin Diesel

Why, Around, Between

I'm the most ambitious person you ever met.
Vin Diesel

Person, Ambitious, Met

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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I've directed independent film.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Movies, Down, Million

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

Action, Film, Story

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

Done, Movie, Kid

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, Challenge, Able

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, Wife, Film

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.
Vin Diesel

Hard, Done, Give

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, Father, Everything

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 18, 1967

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