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. – Vin Diesel
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
When your co-stars are 9-month-old babies, you fall in love. You start thinking, When am I going to have my own? – Vin Diesel
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?’ – Vin Diesel
Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn’t getting any acting jobs. – Vin Diesel
I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I’ve always had less information than I would have liked to have had. All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures. – Vin Diesel
A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity. – Vin Diesel
When I got on the set of ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer. – Vin Diesel
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
I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character. – Vin Diesel
The only way anyone knows which girl I’m with is if a one-night stand goes on ‘Howard Stern.’ – Vin Diesel
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. – Vin Diesel
I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny. – Vin Diesel
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
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
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
I act because it’s the one time I’m sure of my identity. There’s no doubt. It’s on paper. – Vin Diesel
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. – Vin Diesel
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
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
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
