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
dungeons process
The more you know about the Dungeons and Dragons, the more you'll see the thought process that went into the Chronicles of Riddick mythology.
deeply engaged europe hannibal hiking returned riding weapons
Then I went to Europe and returned to the preparation of the Hannibal character. So I went hiking up into the Alps. I was deeply engaged in weapons training, riding elephants.
finds hollywood planning ruin trilogy
You can't say anything - you'll ruin me! If Hollywood finds out I'm planning a trilogy I'll be buried!
attributes believe building came characters creating element gone jackie kicked meant played seemed spent time trial understand work
I had never played a real-life character. All the characters that I'd played before were fictitious. So I'd spent all this time creating the affectations and amassing all of the attributes and characteristics and mannerisms, and then Jackie came to the set the first day of filming. I kicked everyone else out of my trailer, and we started to talk. He told me, in his own words, just for him and I, what the whole story was about for him and what that trial meant to him. After that meeting, all of the work that had gone into building the mannerisms and attributes seemed secondary. The most important element was to understand and believe in his cause.
convicted
The film describes him as this convicted killer, but doesn't give any explanation or justification for it,
girls thousands
You think this is a game? ... I could be with thousands of girls if I wanted to, but I want to be with you.
heard moved
No, I haven't heard from them. And I don't want to. I just went in, did the film and moved to the Alps.
matter second win winning
It doesn't matter if you win by a second or a mile, winning is winning!
admired book bought coming confidence directed full gave short studying
That was a dream. As an actor, you find yourself studying the performances of actors you've admired in the past, and so often those performances were in Sidney Lumet movies. When I directed my first short film, 'Multi-Facial,' I bought a book by Sidney Lumet called 'Making Movies,' and that book actually gave me the confidence to direct. So this was coming full circle, 10 years later, into the master's program, with the master.
asked bring doubt name
Oh, I have no idea. I doubt it. What was your name and where do you live? I just want them to know that you asked about that. I didn't bring it up.
allowed biggest decided disney father guess honest nephew niece opportunity picture reason saw sick uncle
The honest reason was my niece and nephew weren't allowed to see Uncle Vin movies, and they're my biggest fans. I guess I got a little sick of, 'No, you can't come to this one; no, you can't come to that one.' And they're, 'But I saw the poster, Uncle Vin!' 'No, your father won't let you see this one.' And so I decided to make a Disney movie. It was an opportunity to do a picture for the kids.
easy guy life looking spent studying watched watching work
I had spent my life studying these guys, looking up to them, watching their work. Now I was able to have my work watched over by the same guy who was watching them? So that was an easy choice.
minute
I said a 10 second, not a 10 minute car.
afraid
You're not afraid of the dark, are you?