Quotes By Vin Diesel

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

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.

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

I'm the most ambitious person you ever met.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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 used to feel guilty about owning a console.

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.

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

I've directed independent film.

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

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

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.

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

I am definitely a person of color.

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

I always have issues with trust.

I look formidable.

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.

My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.

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.

I talk too much.