Author Profile
Vin Diesel
1967 • American • Actor
63
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Showing 63 quotesMy 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
I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.— Vin Diesel
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
Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, 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
The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.— Vin Diesel
None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade, and what it must be like to return to a character and imagine the time off-screen, which is interesting. There's something as an actor that I enjoy about evolving characters.— Vin Diesel
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
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