Vin Diesel Quotes
For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
Quotes to Explore
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If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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Every single character I've ever played has a little bit of me in them just because every single human in the world has a little bit of everything in them.
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If you really want to see change, and have change, you're going to have to get involved.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
