Paul Walker's Quotes
Born: 1973-09-12
Profession: Actor
Nation: American
Biography of Paul Walker
If you spend any time with a man, you'll realize that we're all still little boys.
Tags: Realize, Spend, TimeMy mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I'm not a big sugar guy.
Tags: Big, Diet, MomMy motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.
Tags: MottoMy parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.
Tags: Career, Help, ParentsThere's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.
Tags: Earn, Guys, RestWhen I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.
Tags: Cool, Guy, ThoughtYou know, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I'm pretty easy-going. I see everyone's perspective.
Tags: Everyone, Guy, PrettyBasically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.
Tags: Actor, Mean, SellI hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.
Tags: Hope, Money, ValueI remember when I first came around, the computer-generated stuff was pretty wicked. I was like, 'Wow!' but I feel like then for the longest time, we saw so much of it, after a while, you might as well just be watching an animated movie.
Tags: Pretty, Remember, TimeI'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
Tags: Dad, Life, TimeThat's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.
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You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.
Tags: Happy, Health, LoveSurfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.
Tags: Awesome, Experience, OceanI live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That's what I live by. That's how I like it.
Tags: Big, Home, SportsAttitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?
Tags: Attitude, Gangster, WhetherI have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.
Tags: Awesome, Big, JokeI don't go for the flash and panache.
Tags: FlashI think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'
Tags: Best, Mom, PutI used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.
Tags: Soul, True, UsedMy philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.
Tags: Fun, Philosophy, SenseI could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out just about any creature and give you their Latin names.
Tags: Give, Point, WalkI sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.
Tags: Job, Simple, StruggleI was definitely ahead of my friends. I was French-kissing girls way before anybody else was.
Tags: Anybody, Else, FriendsI'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.
Tags: Enjoy, Violence, WhyI'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am.
Tags: AfraidI'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English.
Tags: Bit, English, ThoughtI've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.
Tags: Since, Wanted, YoungI completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
Tags: Cheap, Scorn, Shoddy