My Mother Gave Me This Book Called

The First Thing That Happens Is The Cleansing Of The Former Character. I Don't Think A Lot Of Actors Talk About It, But There Is Usually A Process Where You Essentially Purge Yourself Of The Character Played Prior To The Movie. Then You Want To Think About What The Character Represents, And You Write Down All Of The Elements About This Character And Then Take The Time To Find Some Synchronicity And Start Breathing The Character.

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.

If You're The Type Of Person Who Has To Fulfill Your Dreams, You've Gotta Be Resourceful To Make Sure You Can Do It. I Came Out To California When I Was 21, Thinking My New York Credentials Would Take Me All The Way. I Came Back Home A Year Later All Dejected And A Failure.

I Have Dangerous Bones In My Body.

I Live My Life A Quarter Mile At A Time. Nothing Else Matters: Not The Mortgage, Not The Store, Not My Team And All Their Bullshit. For Those Ten Seconds Or Less, I'm Free.