1- “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
2- “I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City.” -Vin Diesel
3- “I’m not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.” -Vin Diesel
4- “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
5- “The only way anyone knows which girl I’m with is if a one-night stand goes on ‘Howard Stern.'” -Vin Diesel
6- “Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.” -Vin Diesel
7- “I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.” -Vin Diesel
8- “I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker.” -Vin Diesel
9- “It’s really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.” -Vin Diesel
10- “My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she’s magical.” -Vin Diesel
11- “When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.” -Vin Diesel
12- “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
13- “I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.” -Vin Diesel
14- “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
15- “Deal-making goes on with any job.” -Vin Diesel
16- “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
17- “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.”” -Vin Diesel
18- “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
19- “The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you’re in this heavy headspace all the time.” -Vin Diesel
20- “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
21- “When I got on the set of ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.” -Vin Diesel
22- “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
23- “Career diversification ain’t a bad thing.” -Vin Diesel
24- “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
25- “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
26- “I used to feel guilty about owning a console.” -Vin Diesel
27- “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
28- “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
29- “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
30- “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
31- “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
32- “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.” -Vin Diesel
33- “Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.” -Vin Diesel
34- “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
35- “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.” -Vin Diesel
36- “A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.” -Vin Diesel
37- “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
38- “If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.” -Vin Diesel
39- “Any film that you see is never just the director. If it’s a film that you love, it’s not so easy to say, “Oh it’s directed by this person – that means everything that person directs is going be wonderful.”” -Vin Diesel
40- “I love women more than anything.” -Vin Diesel
41- “I always have issues. I’m a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust – you adopt it from being a New Yorker. I think trust is something that comes from the gut. I don’t think it’s anything specific. I don’t think it’s anything tangible.” -Vin Diesel
42- “I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.” -Vin Diesel
43- “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
44- “You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.” -Vin Diesel
45- “I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.” -Vin Diesel
46- “I grew up with all kinds of people.” -Vin Diesel
47- “You get a timeless cool card in New York.” -Vin Diesel
48- “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
49- “I believe in paying special attention to every project that you do and supporting the projects you do.” -Vin Diesel
50- “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.” -Vin Diesel
51- “That’s what I love. I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.” -Vin Diesel
52- “I’m a perfectionist. I’m very critical, especially artistically.” -Vin Diesel
53- “Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs.” -Vin Diesel
54- “Nothing comes easy when I’m in character, because everything I do in character, I take seriously.” -Vin Diesel
55- “I haven’t had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.” -Vin Diesel
56- “I think there’s something we all relate to about… wanting to get to our most primal self.” -Vin Diesel
57- “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
58- “I’m a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.” -Vin Diesel
59- “If it’s an amazing role, I’ll do anything.” -Vin Diesel
60- “A person in my position has to restrain himself.” -Vin Diesel
61- “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
62- “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
63- “Of course, I don’t act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don’t think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.” -Vin Diesel
64- “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
65- “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
66- “Choosing the car you drive is like choosing your wardrobe, maybe even more important.” -Vin Diesel
67- “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
68- “We all deal with being unfairly judged.” -Vin Diesel
69- “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
70- “If you believe in the project, you have to support it.” -Vin Diesel
71- “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.” -Vin Diesel
72- “I have dangerous bones in my body.” -Vin Diesel
73- “In Hollywood, I think I get a bad rap for being a perfectionist. It’s something that’s not always welcomed in Hollywood, because you’re always pushing people and you’re pushing yourself to be the best that you can be.” -Vin Diesel
74- “You break her heart, I’ll break your neck.” -Vin Diesel
75- “I’m a fantasy guy. So I brought the fantasy element to the Riddick, David Twohy brought the sci-fi, and it came together. You see that in every aspect of the film.” -Vin Diesel
76- “Well, love motivates me in everything I do.” -Vin Diesel
77- “I’m going to do my best to channel the character on a spiritual level.” -Vin Diesel
78- “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
79- “To have a director that loves his actors is something that you can see in the film and in the fruits of that labor. You can see that translated in the film. When you watch this movie, you can see a director who loves his actors, and it shines through the movie, in my eyes.” -Vin Diesel
80- “I am definitely a person of color.” -Vin Diesel
81- “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
82- “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
83- “I’ve directed independent film.” -Vin Diesel
84- “It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.” -Vin Diesel
85- “I’ve been auditioning since I was 7 years old.” -Vin Diesel
86- “Find your confidence, lead with love… the rest will follow.” -Vin Diesel
87- “When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.” -Vin Diesel
88- “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
89- “Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.” -Vin Diesel
90- “The most important thing in life will always be family. The people right here, right now.” -Vin Diesel
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