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If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
Vin Diesel
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My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.
Vin Diesel
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I've directed independent film.
Vin Diesel
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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
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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
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When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.
Vin Diesel
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You get a timeless cool card in New York.
Vin Diesel
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I drive a Yukon Flex Fuel, and there's baby seats in the back.
Vin Diesel
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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?'
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If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.
Vin Diesel
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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.
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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
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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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
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Career diversification ain't a bad thing.
Vin Diesel
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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
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
Vin Diesel
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What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.
Vin Diesel
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The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically.
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If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen.
Vin Diesel
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The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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We all deal with being unfairly judged.
Vin Diesel
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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.
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