Vin Diesel

“I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?”

“My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.”

“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.”

“I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.”

“I think a few pictures at a time.”

“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.”

“If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'”

“I always have issues with trust. I'm a New Yorker... Really, I think trust is something that comes from the gut. And I think you have to - it's probably the worst advice to give people - but I think you gotta trust people from your gut.”

“With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.”

“A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.”

“I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.”

“I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.”

“Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.”

“Women are sacred.”

“The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.”

“Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can't look to one person - you couldn't look to me, you couldn't say, 'Because Vin's in it, it's this or that...' It's really all of us coming together for that period of time to try and make magic.”

“I used to feel guilty about owning a console.”

“It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.”

“I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.”

“The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.”