Vince Vaughn, born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Rising to fame in the 1990s, he co-wrote and starred in the influential film “Swingers” (1996). Vaughn gained further recognition with roles in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997) and comedies like “Old School” (2003) and “Wedding Crashers” (2005), showcasing his fast-talking, sarcastic humor. He has also ventured into dramatic roles, notably in “Into the Wild” (2007). Vaughn’s career spans a range of genres, including the blockbuster “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004) and the romantic comedy-drama “The Break-Up” (2006). Known for his on-screen chemistry with Owen Wilson, the two reunited in “The Internship” (2013). Beyond acting, Vaughn has contributed as a producer on various projects, showcasing versatility in his entertainment career.
Vince Vaughn Quotes
1. “Relationships are a two-way street. Not a highway and a bike path.”
— Vince Vaughn
2. “I found that if you have a goal, that you might not reach it. But if you don’t have one, then you are never disappointed. And I gotta tell ya it feels phenomenal.”
— Vince Vaughn
3. “I’m not perfect, but who are we kidding? Neither are you. And you wanna know what? I dig it!”
— Vince Vaughn
4. “Please don’t take a turn to negative town.”
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5. “Fate has me highly skilled and loaded with talent.”
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6. “There’s nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you’re money and that you want to party.”
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7. “I’m not a big gadget guy. When I write, I’ll do the whole thing by hand, and then I’ll put it into the computer.”
— Vince Vaughn
8. “The message of individual liberty and peace is contagious.”
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9. “For me, I love California. I feel like it’s my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn’t have anywhere else.”
— Vince Vaughn
10. “Well, Columbus wasn’t looking for America, my man, but that turned out to be pretty okay for everyone.”
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11. “I happen to know everything there is to know about maple syrup! I love maple syrup. I love maple syrup on pancakes. I love it on pizza. And I take maple syrup and put a little bit in my hair when I’ve had a rough week. What do you think holds it up, slick?”
— Vince Vaughn
12. “Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.”
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13. “Craziest thing I ever did for love? It’s all crazy. None of it makes any sense, does it, when you’re in love with someone. It doesn’t make any logical sense. I guess that’s why they call it being in love.”
— Vince Vaughn
14. “I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I’d have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn’t see them.”
— Vince Vaughn
15. “I think we all have a bunch of different people inside of us, and then for a particular role you bring a certain side of that self of yourself forward to sort of play, but it’s always really dimensionalised.”
— Vince Vaughn
16. “To err is human, but to forgive, well that’s right on.”
— Vince Vaughn
17. “I’ve been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don’t like them, I’ll play head games with them to get their minds spinning.”
— Vince Vaughn
18. “Whenever you’re scared of something, don’t let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.”
— Vince Vaughn
19. “I don’t like dates. If you meet someone that you like then meet them out somewhere. That’s good because that’s comfortable. I don’t like the feeling of going to pick someone up that I don’t know that well at their house and then take them to kind of a formal restaurant.”
— Vince Vaughn
20. “It’s really nice that the truth can finally come out.”
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21. “My dad was a big card player.”
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22. “You don’t worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.”
— Vince Vaughn
23. “It’s well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.”
— Vince Vaughn
24. “I think we all have a lot of different personas inside of ourselves. What happens in life is that most people get caught up in presenting one persona that they feel safest in.”
— Vince Vaughn
25. “You’ll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.”
— Vince Vaughn
26. “I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality and play him very much finding things important to him that are somewhat ridiculous.”
— Vince Vaughn
27. “Any guy hates Valentine’s Day. Even if you’re in love, you can’t win on Valentine’s Day. If you’re married, you can’t win on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.”
— Vince Vaughn
28. “The last book I read was the book I’ve been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.”
— Vince Vaughn
29. “Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.”
— Vince Vaughn
30. “I never did anything for free. Other than dancing in clubs. I give that away for nothing.”
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31. “I’m a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.”
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32. “I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn’t sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.”
— Vince Vaughn
33. “When you’re younger, you feel like work is work and relationships are supposed to be easy. As you get older, you realize you have to work at relationships to make them sustainable.”
— Vince Vaughn
34. “I didn’t own a cell phone for a long time. I was late in the game on that.”
— Vince Vaughn
35. “My thing was always more character-driven comedies, not sketch comedy – not that there’s not room for both or one isn’t enjoyable, just my personal taste, I like movies that comedy comes from out of flaws of people, things that are uncomfortable, out of tragedy.”
— Vince Vaughn
36. “You don’t feel honest on a date, I guess. You don’t really get to learn about anyone. You’re kind of being polite and you can ask the questions, it’s just not a great time for me.”
— Vince Vaughn
37. “We don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.”
— Vince Vaughn
38. “I have a little piece of advice for all the single guys out there, this is a piece of gold so please write this down. If you have the opportunity to star in a movie, do it. Seriously, I find it’s a lot easier to meet girls.”
— Vince Vaughn
39. “We are gonna have tons and tons of opportunities to meet gorgeous ladies that get so aroused by the thought of marriage that they’ll throw their inhibitions to the wind.”
— Vince Vaughn
40. “I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.”
— Vince Vaughn
41. “It’s nice when people are passionate about something, and it’s always better when they let the subject tell the story, more so then when you can tell people are trying to get their own philosophy into it.”
— Vince Vaughn
42. “All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you’re playing.”
— Vince Vaughn
43. “As an artist, I can’t be responsible for how people interpret material.”
— Vince Vaughn
44. “I love actors and I feel like, if you usually allow people some say, most people, if they start to feel comfortable, they’re going to have a voice. If they feel heard, then they will give back 10 times as much to you.”
— Vince Vaughn
45. “I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don’t always want to do the same tone over and over again.”
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46. “The main thing about improvising is listening so if something happens that wasn’t expected and you know your character, you know what has to happen in this scene, you can react to that in a way that’s honest and it might take you in a different direction to go to the same place.”
— Vince Vaughn
47. “When you’re acting you always want to come across as if you’re not acting. For me, my take is always to have it feel like you’re watching someone on film and that comes with a lot of preparation time.”
— Vince Vaughn
48. “I’m romantic to some degree, if I really like somebody. I’m more romantic if there’s someone that I like than I am a romantic just for romantics sake.”
— Vince Vaughn
49. “I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there’s so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.”
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50. “Studios might support people trying to do something a little bit different and they’d be more open to the fact that there’s more than one path to the waterfall.”
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51. “I’m a horrible golfer.”
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52. “I’ve always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.”
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53. “I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it’s all make-believe.”
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54. “I could keep trying to do the same kind of comedies. You know how it’s going to go, and you can get an audience with it, but then I feel like a hamster on a wheel.”
— Vince Vaughn
55. “It’s grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you’re funny. It’s soul-destroying when they don’t laugh.”
— Vince Vaughn
56. “If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person’s house for a week, it’s considered stalking. If, however, that person is considered newsworthy, it’s perfectly legal for paparazzi to do the same thing.”
— Vince Vaughn
57. “If you’ve been on the covers of some magazines and been in a few movies that have been seen by people, for some reason, women seem to be drawn to you.”
— Vince Vaughn
58. “It’s great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.”
— Vince Vaughn
59. “I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It’s what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.”
— Vince Vaughn
60. “Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it’s not my thing.”
— Vince Vaughn
61. “As an actor the best thing you have is your imagination. You’re not going to have all the experiences, but you draw on the things that you know. So I think you definitely use the things that you’re familiar with to your advantage.”
— Vince Vaughn
62. “To me, more importantly, I want to make films that I believe in, that I find value in that I think folks will like.”
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63. “My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor.”
— Vince Vaughn
