Vin Diesel Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
More Vin Diesel quote about:
-
“It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“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 -
“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 -
“I envision the future sunny and with love, harmony and oneness. I think Hollywood is changing.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“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 -
“When I was a child actor, I had the fear that I was going to be cast as the tree.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“I used to feel guilty about owning a console.”
-- Vin Diesel -
“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