Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair, better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious film series and Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick trilogy. He also was a producer on sequels in both franchises...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 July 1967
CityAlameda, CA
play actors stuff
The majority of the filmmaking process is in pre-production. The more you've planned out the more freedom there is on set to find new stuff, to play around, find new jokes and let the actors kind of breathe - but it needs to come from a place where it's completely structured.
eye shining actors
To have a director that loves his actors is something that you can see in the film and in the fruits of that labor. You can see that translated in the film. When you watch such movie, you can see a director who loves his actors, and it shines through the movie, in my eyes.
teacher son acting
I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It was always a bit more internal.
made seeing
Rated R movies are few and far between, nowadays. We're all seeing less and less rated R movies, and less and less of them are being made.
fiction would-be film
I would love to do more science fiction. I always envisioned the Riddick franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
wind gone pages
If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a Gone with the Wind 2.
perfectionist critical
I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.
writing world rooms
When I'm writing, I'm locking myself in a room. I'm the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I'm like "Vin, you're retarded, that makes no sense."
actors way directors
Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.
writing enough consistently
I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.
both brought created execute franchise gaming incredible integrated mtv studios team together
With The Wheelman we have created the first integrated franchise being launched for both the gaming and film industries. In collaborating with Midway, MTV and Paramount, TIGON Studios has brought together an incredible team to execute this project.
attracted characters creature explore fact films modern relationships script stands ways
There are a lot of films that explore sci-fi, ... What attracted me to the script is the fact that this film stands on its own. The characters and their relationships are interesting by themselves, without the creature element. In many ways it's a modern day 'Lord of the Flies.'
years skills firsts
The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
babies rocking standing takes walking
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?