QUOTES

Vin über seinen Stiefvater:

''I never knew my biological father,'' says Diesel, who was reared by his stepfather, who taught theater, and his mother, an astrologist. ''I consider myself truly multiracial because my stepfather was also black. He is the one who culturally made me who I am.''

Vin darüber ob er wieder "directed":

He wants to direct again but "I find there is less and less time! You stack the productions up, each is nine months or a year. This just isn't movies for used-car prices."
(San Diego Union-Tribune)

Vin über "being a car guy":

SO, BE HONEST. ARE YOU A CAR GUY?
Am I what? Where are you from? No, I am not a car guy. There it is. The truth. I've done it, I've confessed.
(Request Magazine)

Vin über seine Motivation, The Iron Giant zu machen:

I .. did it because some day I'm going to have a 5 yr. old and he's going to be asked on that first day of school: "What does your daddy do?" and he'll be able to say "He's the Iron Giant!"
(MSN Live chat 2000)

Als Vin gefragt wurde, was es für ein Gefühl ist der "sexiest, hottest man of Holywood" zu sein... sagte er:

I've never been a "pretty boy" so it's new to me... I still don't half believe it.

Vin über die stillen NY Nächte:

"When you grow up in New York, in a household full of people, you appreciate the calmness of the night. You know, that serenity you feel walking home from a bar after a hot summer day when the night has finally cooled things down, or the peace that comes after a freshly fallen snow. the nighttime was my time."
(GQ)

Vin spricht darüber, wie ihm seine Mutter geholfen hat, seine Karriere in Schwung zu bekommen:

VD: She's magical, my mother. She's given me little tokens that have really helped me. In 1993, I'd just got back from LA after I'd gone off thinking I was gonna be a big movie star and all the doors would open. [laughing] A year later, I come back to New York with my tail between my legs, having to face all the people whom I'd told I was going to be a big movie star and go back to my Mom's house! And she gives me this book 'Feature Films at Used Car Prices - Make a Movie for $11,000 or less.' And what it lacked in practical, technical advice, it made up for in motivation. It was truly, truly empowering - probably the most important gift I've ever been given. Because after that I knew I could make movies and it was just a matter of money. I may not have a car, I may not be able to buy a flatscreen TV, but I was going to make movies.

Lebensstrategie:

"There is never a Plan "B"! You have to live Plan A - on any level. Make it a lowercase A if you have to, but live your Plan A. Anything else belittles the importance of life."

Warum will er ein Schauspieler sein?

“I just want to do good work. I want to do quality work. My objective is to take you out of your reality for two hours. Make it effect you.”
(Prevue Magazine)

Vin über TFATF 2:

Q: Why didn't you sign on for Fast and the Furious 2?
VD: Did you see The Fast and the Furious? Yes. Did you see xXx? If you had to choose a franchise, which would you choose?

Vin kommentiert seine zahlreichen (gerüchte-) Beziehungen, die man im Netz findet...:

[...] none of them is accurate. Because I'll tell you something: If I'm not playing Sony PlayStation or rereading a classic or watching a goddamned foreign film or watching porn (I'm joking about the porn), my friends and I get on the Internet and find out who I'm dating, and it's always hysterical. It's really very funny. It's too preposterous to fight. They've linked me up with people I've never met. I assume there's nothing I can do about that...But at this level, I guess it's almost flattering that people care enough to create shit like that.

Vin vs. Paul - wer wurde zuerst geboren?

         Jay: I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF "DEVIRGINIZED. " THAT'S EVEN A WORD I       DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. SO GO AHEAD.

Vin: ALL RIGHT. MY BROTHER IS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE'S 16 YEARS OLD. AND HE COMES UPSTAIRS TO THE HOUSE AND ASKED MY FATHER IF HE SHOULD DO THIS, IF HE SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE SEX. AND MY FATHER SAYS, "YOU KNOW, I DON'T -- PAUL, I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD. I THINK YOU SHOULD WAIT, YOU KNOW? BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING. " AND HAD HE DONE IT, HE WOULD HAVE LOST HIS VIRGINITY BEFORE ME. BUT THAT'S LIKE A REAL STUPID THING TO TALK ABOUT ON "JAY LENO. " [ LAUGHTER ] YOU KNOW, YOU WAIT YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO GET ON "JAY LENO," AND YOU TALK ABOUT VIRGINITY. [LAUGHTER]

Jay: DID YOU FLIP YOUR DAD A $20 FOR DOING THAT? "THANKS, P. "

Vin: I WAS LIKE, "DAD, BOY, YOU MADE ME MACHO. " [ LAUGHTER ]

Qoutes

Edward Burns, Co-Star in Saving Private Ryan

"It's funny; you see Vin and he's a big guy, looks like this real tough guy. And he actually is a tough guy. But at the same time, he's the nicest, sweetest person; surprisingly sensitive, real tight with his family, loves his mom."

Rob Cohen, Director von The Fast and The Furious und xXx

``You can't typecast him. He's shown too many edges, too many shadings. Too much ability to turn on the heat and heart and muscle to say that he can only be in the Rambo school of films. I believe we'll watch this guy win an Academy Award, and not for some action film but for something like `Marty' or `On the Waterfront.'''

Kenna Doeringer, Editor of Multi-Facial

"He's always had a strong ambition. The one thing Vin wanted was to be famous."

Asia Argento, Co-Star in xXx

“I enjoyed him, what can I say. When I kissed him, he’s a actually a really good kisser -- actually one of the best I ever kissed in my life, uh, in a movie I mean

Rob Cohen, director of The Fast and The Furious and xXx

”He is the new American. You could look up on that screen and if you are a Hispanic American you see something of yourself in Vin; if you’re Afro-American you can see something of yourself in Vin; if you’re white American you see something of yourself in Vin; if you’re Sephardic Jew you could look up and see yourself in Vin. Vinnie is in many ways a Rorschach test of all races. And all races and ethnic groups look at him and say ‘I don’t know if he is exactly like me, but there is part of me in him and part of him in me.’”

"Last year Vin was the cool guy and in one year he's become the hot guy. When we did 'The Fast and the Furious,' Paul Walker was the sexy guy, and Vin was the masculine kind of guy. The pretty boy and the street guy. One year later, Vin Diesel is a sex symbol.

Rob Cohen, Director von The Fast and The Furious und xXx

"He can act. He is dedicated. He has an inner truth meter about his character that's a great assistance to me. The fact that he has arms like a comic-book god and the voice of the devil are just the bonuses."

Michelle Rodriguez, Co-Star in The Fast and The Furious

"It's that raspy voice that gets you. You won't ever hear a story about him being (a jerk) to people. He's not (a jerk) kind of actor. That's one thing that will assure at least that I'm open to always being his friend."

George Zakk, Freund und Executive Producer von xXx, President von One Race Pictures

“The first day I saw Multi-facial in the theater, I said to myself, ‘This man is going to be one of the biggest stars in the world, if not the biggest.’ It didn’t take more than a short (film) to know that this guys is going to be huge. I never got how the industry didn’t get it. …If you were going to make Rocky today, he’s the only guy that can play the role. He’s incredible. He’s resourceful. He’s an amazing actor and he has an unbelievable charisma. And I never got it when we bopping around from agency to agency and they were all saying, ‘Well, we really don’t know where he fits in. We don’t get it.’ It’s like, ‘What don’t you get? That you’re an asshole?’”

Rob Cohen, Director von The Fast and The Furious und xXx

"Vinnie has intensity, attitude and this incredible hip-hop vibe. The big surprise is that he also has vulnerability. His vulnerability is what makes him so charming and irresistible."

Asia Argento, Co-Star in xXx

xXx leading lady Asia Argento calls the actor "the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That's his most attractive muscle."

Michele Zipp, Editor-in-Chief von Playgirl

'You can have too many pretty boys around. Sometimes, you want a real man. He pretty much is the definition of man. He has the deep voice, yet the sweet smile. He's large, very muscular - we'd love to melt into his arms. He's smart and sexy.'