Paul Walker's Quotes & Sayings

I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. — Paul Walker

Sometimes I live in fear. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy. — Paul Walker

I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. — Paul Walker

I like to make big decisions when I am at home living a routine life, getting up, walking my dog, having breakfast, when I have no pressure. I do not like doing it when I making a film. It is too stressful. — Paul Walker

I never thought I was going to be an actor. And I never really thought of myself as one. Even though I keep working. I thought I'd just do a wave of movies, and then I'd burn out. They just kept coming together. — Paul Walker

I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

Remember That No Matter How Cool You Think You May Be, You Are Not Cool Enough To Look Down On Any One ... Ever. — Paul Walker

Just real. I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. And more importantly, I want to have the freedom to bring everyone else along with me. — Paul Walker

Taking chances for the people you care most about is easy. It's hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy. I make them without even thinking about it, it is usually something that just has to be done. You don't question anything, you just go for it. — Paul Walker

Major brands don't know what to do with happy customers. They make it hard for customers to say thanks and way too often companies don't celebrate and embrace customers' positive gestures. — Paul Walker

I was exposed to nature by my mother who loved camping, so I always enjoyed the outdoors and that has been a lasting passion. We went on nature walks and I became fascinated with the environment as I got older. — Paul Walker

I got to work with Paul Walker. He's an angel. He was so sweet. — Greg Cipes

Sometimes people count their chickens before they hatch. — Paul Walker

I'm really close to all of my family. — Paul Walker

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real. — Paul Walker

I'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am. — Paul Walker

My mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I'm not a big sugar guy. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

Frank Marshall is very level headed and wonderful to work with. He he has a resume that is probably twelve miles long. As a human being he is so unassuming and is also consistent and so nice to everyone, he treats everyone on the set with great respect, it doesn't matter who they are and that says a lot about him. — Paul Walker

People are concerned over safety and spillage, especially for the workers. Were all really hopeful even though we remain deeply concerned over the safety and the efficacy of an unproven technology. — Paul Walker

If you play with people who are better than you, then you get better. — Paul Walker

If speed one day kills me, don't be sad because I was smiling — Paul Walker

I'm extemely competitive, so when people start counting me out or trying to categorise me, I sorta get hungry. — Paul Walker

I believe in fate, that films happen when they are supposed to. — Paul Walker

My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it. — Paul Walker

I love doing the action stuff. It's soooo much fun! — Paul Walker

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

My family's really close. — Paul Walker

There is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination. — Paul Allen Walker

Michelle Rodriguez is like the most original person on the planet. She's so straight up, uncensored all the time. Be ready. I love her for that. — Paul Walker

It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of. — Paul Walker

If one day the speed kills me dont be sad because i will have died smiling — Paul Walker

I love dogs. I grew up with dogs in my family from the time that I was a little boy; we always had German Shepherds and Labradors. I get on very well with dogs, they trust me. — Paul Walker

I have always loved marine biology and that is what I studied in school. I am hoping to build a marine sanctuary that will also be educational, an eco preserve and a school, perhaps in Costa Rica, that is one of my dreams and goals. — Paul Walker

Who couldn't believe there's a God? — Paul Walker

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'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, I should be there; I should be helping out. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

I am going to continue to work hard, but I do not take it too seriously, I just do what feels right and I really want to have a good time. — Paul Walker

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot. — Paul Nurse

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. — Paul Walker

I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.' — Paul Walker

If one day the speed kills me, don't cry. Because I was smiling. — Paul Walker

He wonders if words aren't an essential element of sex, if talking isn't finally a more subtle form of touching, and if the images dancing in our heads aren't just as important as the bodies we hold in our arms. Margot tells him that sex is the one thing in life that counts for her, that if she couldn't have sex she would probably kill herself to escape the boredom and monotony of being trapped inside her own skin. Walker doesn't say anything, but as he comes into her for the second time, he realizes that he shares her opinion. He is mad for sex. Even in the grip of the most crushing despair, he is mad for sex. Sex is the lord and the redeemer, the only salvation on earth. — Paul Auster

Some people say that you should go to all the parties, to the nightclubs, the Viper Room, and make contacts. And I look at them and say, You dont want to have contacts with those people. Look at what happened to River Phoenix. If you get caught up in that, it ruins you. Hollywood is garbage. — Paul Walker

We all compromise ourselves, from time to time, because maybe it will lead to more opportunity ... A ll of that's cool, but we forget and we get caught up. If you want that nurturing, caring, empathetic, compassionate heart to keep on ticking and be around, and you want it to be strong, then don't neglect #1. One way to feed it is just being truthful and listening to your heart. — Paul Walker

It's funny to see the people connect with Fast & Furious the way they do. I had no clue, I didn't get it. And now, more I get it and I see it. — Paul Walker

I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt. — Paul Walker

The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander. — Murray Walker

To know that there's a good chance that this is something that could potentially be around well after I leave this planet ... it's a good feeling. — Paul Walker

I play Hank Hansen, a real guy. Youd be amazed at how much information they have on this guy: personality traits, nicknames, favorite color, you name it. — Paul Walker

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know? — Paul Walker

If you spend any time with a man, you'll realize that we're all still little boys. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

I feel I have lived my whole life, day to day, without planning anything and I like it that way. Things change so fast, one minute you are here, the next minute you are on a plane, it's great fun. — Paul Walker

I always find film-making a pleasurable experience. — Paul Walker

You know, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I'm pretty easy-going. I see everyone's perspective. — Paul Walker

I need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. It is like playing sports - surfing, basketball, it doesn't matter what it is, if you play with people who are better than you, then you get better too. It is the same thing with acting. — Paul Walker

I find it hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions. — Paul Walker

I was definitely ahead of my friends. I was French-kissing girls way before anybody else was. — Paul Walker

Secret societies ... like the Skulls or the Free Masons?"
"What do you know about them?" he asked, feeling me out.
"Limited. I've seen a couple of movies with Johnny Depp and Paul Walker a while back. They're societies that have high influence over things like the American and foreign governments. — Nicole Gulla

I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons. — Paul Walker

Usually I like to make my movies from start to finish in chronological order. As a filmmaker it lets me be able to direct my actors and tell them where exactly they are and go with progression. — Paul Walker

I don't go for the flash and panache. — Paul Walker

When you put good will out there, it's amazing what can be accomplished, — Paul Walker

My mom's hot. I mean she's old, but my mom's out of control. — Paul Walker

My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day. — Paul Walker

My perfect weekend ... anything to do with nature. — Paul Walker

There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way. — Paul Walker

I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few. — Paul Walker

I'm as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses. — Paul Walker

If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional! — Paul Walker

I don't know how much credit I can take for 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' because I only worked on it for three weeks. I re-wrote the pilot, and then my name was on it forever. — Paul Haggis

I have been surfing for my whole life. I love it and I don't know that I can get much better now, I have peaked, which bothers me but I have to accept it. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English. — Paul Walker

I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position. — Paul Walker

I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own. — Paul Walker

My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household. — Paul Walker

My father's a protector. My father's old-school. He's a cowboy. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

I'm a Christian now. The things that drove me crazy growing up was how everyone works at fault-finding with different religions. The people I don't understand are atheists. I go surfing and snow boarding and I'm always around nature. I look at everything and think, 'Who couldn't believe there's a God? Is all this a mistake?' It just blows me away, — Paul Walker

I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have. — Paul Walker

People are often talking when they are not supposed to be. — Paul Walker

There's more to life than movies. — Paul Walker

I like being surrounded by great people. — Paul Walker

Clint Eastwood is so fair and consistent. It does not matter who he is talking to, he is always nice. It doesn't matter whether he is with a production assistant or Steven Spielberg, he is friendly and never seems superior. I think it is hard for people to realize that he is accessible because they are caught up in the image and can't talk to him because he is 'Clint Eastwood', so they get tongue-tied. They get terrified. It is funny watching people with him. — Paul Walker

If one day speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling — Paul Walker

I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars. — Paul Walker

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity. — Paul Walker

Paul [Walker]'s kindness was pure. He never asked for credit of glory. He was just a really good guy. — Jordana Brewster

Vin Diesel and I have different approaches to life. We found a respect for one another but we were such opposite ends of the spectrum. The reason why it's worked is because we are so different. I don't know if we necessarily found a stride together because there are certain days I still want to crack him in the head! But he looks at me and there are days he wants to crack me in the head too. Then there are times he'll look at me and say, 'Man, I wish I could be more like you,' and I'm like, 'F**ker, I wish I could be more like you!' — Paul Walker

I don't go where people are. I go where the people aren't. — Paul Walker

Being a digital photographer I'm in awe of the older generation of photographers who created all those iconic cinematic style images on film, such as Man Ray's portrait of the photographer Lee Miller. — Paul Walker

Everyone has an opinion. — Paul Walker

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. — Paul Walker

What I find really difficult is making career decisions. Normally it will take me two weeks, until the very last minute and I have to say yes or no. For a couple of weeks, I will tune everyone out who is giving me advice, so that I can make a clear decision on my own and it takes time. — Paul Walker