Paul Walker Quotes
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I'm a problem solver. I love people. The more complicated they are, the more I get into them, and I just want to understand what makes them tick.
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I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grateful now. That franchise gave me the opportunity.
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I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.
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My family's really close.
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I just turned 40, and it's weird to think that I've been doing this almost my whole life. I was a child actor and then didn't do it through junior high and high school, then started up again in my late teens doing 'Young and the Restless.' Dabbled with school, went back to college, played around. I think I was doing Pleasantville at 23.
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I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt.
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Everyone has an opinion.
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I love 'Donnie Brasco' and 'Days of Thunder,' so after I did 'The Skulls,' I was like, 'I want to be either an undercover cop, or I want to race cars!' Universal came to me with a newspaper article about street racing in L.A., and I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I grew up doing that right off Peoria in Sun Valley.' They asked if I wanted to do it.
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Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.
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My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.
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My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.
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Basically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.
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I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English.
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When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.
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My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.
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I don't think of myself as a romantic person; I'm kind of more rough and tumble, I think. The things I'm drawn to are outdoorsy, I only get dressed up when I have to. I'm drawn to women who are into the same type of thing. If you're going to call it romantic, I'm very spontaneous. That's probably the best thing I have going for me.
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You know, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I'm pretty easy-going. I see everyone's perspective.
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I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.
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I thought I was a hippie, bro. I wore Birkenstocks every day. I went to a Christian high school, so I was pretty funky. The teachers didn't give me a hard time, though, even though I was totally way out of line in terms of my dress code.
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I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.
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I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'
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The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of my favourite smells. I love the smell in the evergreen forest just after it rains - The Redwood Forest in California has the coast, too, so you have the best of everything!
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I really like the Evo from '2Fast.' That car is a lot of fun as a daily driver. They're really quick on the track, too, when they're set up right.
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I'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am.