Vin Diesel Quotes

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

Kids have got such active imaginations and they're scared of so many different things.

I get quite fearful about interviews, so I sought advice from other actors.

Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.

Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard to get work.

Because of fear, and the way my career went, I started playing a lot of villainous roles.

I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

I got started as an actor when I was 12.

In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

I just think there are a lot of celebrities who don't feel that they have a voice. A lot of actors come from a place of fear, and that's just a general statement about actors. You're terrified the casting director won't like you, you're terrified the producer won't like you, you're terrified the director won't like you, and on and on.

I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears.

As actors, we tend to usually have some issues with self-esteem and some need for validation, and it takes awhile for that fear of not having a job to go away.

One thing I always do is just tell actors that I'm as afraid as they are, because I can sense that, and I feel it, too.

It always amazed me - it still does - that people offer me work. And when the theater was my basic bread and butter, every time a show finished, I was convinced I would never work again.

We just can't scare our kids by living in fear.

I've always loved acting but never thought I could do theatre because I got the worst stage fright ever.

I think the first table read I ever did, my hand was vibrating the whole time.

The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.