Vin Diesel Quotes

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

Acting is my passion since childhood, and I am happy to be in Tinsel Town at a very young age.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.

The last thing you want is to be desperate in Hollywood.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.

When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire.

There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I've gotten to do both of them.

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.'

I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.

I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9.

I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.