Quotes By Vin Diesel

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

When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.

A person in my position has to restrain himself.

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?'

You break her heart, I'll break your neck.

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 always have issues with trust.

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

I grew up with all kinds of people.

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.

When your co-stars are 9-month-old babies, you fall in love. You start thinking, When am I going to have my own?

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've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

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

The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.

You get a timeless cool card in New York.

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.

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.

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.

I love women more than anything.

I'm the most ambitious person you ever met.

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.

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.