Vin Diesel Quotes

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it's being incredibly quiet, and sometimes it's being loose and goofy.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

'The Conversation' was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

I don't prepare myself for any character unless it is really different.

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

I started getting interested in the craft and watching old movies, and they're the ones that reach out to me the most - films like 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'On the Waterfront.' So I start watching all of these, and I was getting educated, and I started being interested in this acting thing, if that's what they call it.

I do enter into character on set, but I can step out of it.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.

My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.

I take my time to get into the mindset of the character and say my lines. I really have to be the person that I am playing.