I forged a note from my parents saying it was OK, i ended up reading for the casting director and got a part and an agent. Vince Vaughn More Quotes by Vince Vaughn More Quotes From Vince Vaughn The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home. Vince Vaughn illinoiscitieshome You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson. Vince Vaughn wilsonguy I'm a horrible golfer. Vince Vaughn horriblegolfers 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 preferencefilmnostalgia My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is. Vince Vaughn drawingactorsimagination I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else. Vince Vaughn wantcharacterpeople The best thing as an actor, the best tool you have is your imagination. That you kind of take things that have happened, and then go and expand on them. However small it is, you use your imagination to create what that reality is. There's something kind of fun when you're not old enough to do anything, driving a car, getting into a bar, drinking, going to a party you don't belong to, something when you're young in that innocent way. Vince Vaughn partydrinkingfun 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 actorsfuncharacter The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead. Vince Vaughn rereadinglastsbook 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 friendssistergirl 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 wedding-crasheropportunitywind As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material. Vince Vaughn responsibleartistpeople I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe. Vince Vaughn religiousbelieveart I didn't own a cell phone for a long time. I was late in the game on that. Vince Vaughn phonescellsgames 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. Vince Vaughn toneroleswant 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 imaginationusethinking 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 kindhousefeelings 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 politehonestkind 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 knowinglaughingthinking 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 tragedycharacterpeople
