Vin Diesel Quotes

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

If there's ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it's that character who's often evolving - which is not often the case in television.

The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

As actors, we want to choose somebody who has conflicts. I can't be always playing the girl next door. What's the challenge in that?

Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point B, that doesn't just supply one note.

Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

I think good acting is always character acting.

I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.

When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other great actors who win big awards for doing incredible transformations.

It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a great skill to go from screen to stage.

I never had a thing for movie stars. I was into the guys who could transform. Sean Penn. Daniel Day-Lewis. The ones who privileged the craft.

I think there's something really positive about getting to explore a character for a long time on a TV show and live with that character and live with the choices they make, but it's also really great to step in.

In feature films, I used to be the hero's friend, a regular character. In short films, I played the hero; I got roles where I could work on my character and performance. They made me aware of myself as an actor.

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting.

The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.

The worst acting is about imitation.