I 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.
— Paul Walker
I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.
I was definitely ahead of my friends. I was French-kissing girls way before anybody else was.
When 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.
I could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out just about any creature and give you their Latin names.
I'm really close to all of my family.
I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.
My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.
My family's really close.
I 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.
I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.
I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.
I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.
Surfing 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.
There's more to life than movies.
I 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.
I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.
I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'
I 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.
If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional!
I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt.
You know, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I'm pretty easy-going. I see everyone's perspective.
Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?
Basically, 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.
My mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I'm not a big sugar guy.
My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.
It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.
You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.
Everyone has an opinion.
I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want.
If you spend any time with a man, you'll realize that we're all still little boys.
I'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am.
I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.
That'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.
There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.
My father's a protector. My father's old-school. He's a cowboy.
My mom's hot. I mean she's old, but my mom's out of control.
I love doing the action stuff. It's soooo much fun!
My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.
I don't go for the flash and panache.
I'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.
