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Vin Diesel
American
Actor
Born:
Jul 18
,
1967
Character
First
Me
Think
Time
You
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
Vin Diesel
Dreams
You
Insecurity
Chasing
Way
Always
Your
Your Dreams
Standing
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
Video Games
Game
Culture
Amazing
Important
Before
Universe
Other
Virtual
Alive
Kids
Step
Idea
New
Like
New Era
Because
Important Thing
Era
Any
Auto
Grand
Theft
Video
Video Game
Games
Whole
Keep
Film
Now
Play
Right
Thing
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
Character
You
Yourself
Think
About
Purge
Talk
Prior
Lot
Essentially
Where
Movie
Process
Actor
Played
I grew up the son of an acting teacher, so I was kind of introduced to all of these various methods early... I've never been really good at articulating how, what that process is in the way that Stanislavsky could.
Vin Diesel
Teacher
Good
Son
Way
Kind
Introduced
Various
Could
Never
How
Been
Methods
Up
Articulating
Grew
Process
Really
Acting
Early
Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can't look to one person - you couldn't look to me, you couldn't say, 'Because Vin's in it, it's this or that...' It's really all of us coming together for that period of time to try and make magic.
Vin Diesel
Art
Time
Me
You
Together
Try
Collaborative
Say
Magic
Look
Piece
Period
Make
Because
Coming
Person
Us
Really
Filmmaking
The second I walk onto the set and I know that there's a camera and I know that there's a David Twohy behind that camera, there is zero pressure. There is just me jumping into a pool called 'Riddick.' It's the most free I am. It's like channeling something.
Vin Diesel
Me
Walk
Pressure
Free
Pool
Channeling
Something
David
Onto
Like
Know
Most
Am
Camera
Jumping
Behind
Just
Zero
Second
Set
For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
Vin Diesel
Character
Try
Machine
Possible
Ruthless
Get
Want
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
You
Reality
Dark
Smoking
Three
Year
Live
Every
Films
Cigarettes
Months
Those
Because
Lot
Want
Taxing
Started
Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
Vin Diesel
Love
Me
Everything
Well
Motivates
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
You
Age
People
Hug
Out
Give
Knock
Get
Just
Where
Want
Place
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
Me
Dark
Possibility
Scares
Except
Most
Walking
Lip
Wall
Afraid
Really
Busting
Thing
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
Faith
You
Try
First
Feeling
Out
Trilogy
Gut
About
Gut Feeling
Write
Least
Any
Sketch
Should
Your
Sequels
Film
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
Revenge
Wife
Think
Films
Harry
Would
Would-Be
More
Dirty
Call
Deals
Traditional
His
Loss
Than
Modern
Flattering
Vigilante
Film
I am definitely a person of color.
Vin Diesel
Definitely
Color
Am
Person
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
Character
Relations
Idea
Development
Over
His
Decade
Craft
Any
Exploring
Who
Appealing
Actor
A person in my position has to restrain himself.
Vin Diesel
Restrain
Himself
Person
Position
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
Mom
Tough
Fighter
Say
Guy
Tough Guy
Protect
Became
Am
Used
Who
Core
My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
Vin Diesel
World
Mother
Magical
Supportive
Most
She
I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
Vin Diesel
Care
Action
About
Could
Like
Schwarzenegger
Being
Less
Actor
A day with my kids is the best day.
Vin Diesel
Best
Day
Kids
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.
Vin Diesel
Work
People
Treat
Whatever
Enjoy
Every
Think
Approach
Way
Kind
Worthy
Would
Tactic
Talent
Like
Genre
Another
Am
Than
Role
Any
May
Different
Process
Flattered
Many
Different Way
Applying
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
You
Appreciation
Understanding
Action
Guess
Dress
Take
Performance
Becomes
Role
Story
Then
Action Film
Film
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
Vin Diesel
God
Thank God
Fans
Had
Weird
Encounters
Thank
Many
I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?
Vin Diesel
You
Picture
Babies
Back
Say
Would
Would-Be
Takes
Between
Like
Around
Got
Rocking
Walking
Just
In-Between
Forth
Much
Standing
Why
Set
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
Me
You
Book
Mother
Car
Advice
Films
Gave
Guy
Feature
Feature Films
Prices
He
Named
Most
Practical
Empowers
Gotta
Cuz
Used
Rick
Credit
You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
Vin Diesel
You
Heart
Break
Your
Her
Neck
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