Vince Vaughn

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Birthday:

28 March 1970, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Birth Name:

Vincent Anthony Vaughn

Height:

196 cm

Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. His parents are Vernon Vaughn, a salesman and character actor, and Sharon Vaughn (née Sharon Eileen DePalmo), a real-estate agent and stockbroker. They divorced in 1991. He has two older sisters, Victoria Vaughn and Valeri Vaughn. His recent ancestry includes Lebanese (from his paternal grandmother), Italian (from his maternal grandfather), English, Irish, German, and Scottish. His mother was born in Brantford, Ontario.Vince was interested in theater early on and grabbed a spot in a Chevy commercial. In 1988 he moved to Hollywood. He managed to hit a few spots on television, but his real goal was to make it to the big screen. He made his first credited role in the film Rudy (1993) where he met his friend Jon Favreau, who was writing a script detailing his life as an out-of-work actor. Vince was written into Swingers (1996) by Jon to play the character of "Trent". He signed on just as a favor to his buddy, not realizing it would be a career changing role. Though not a commercial success, it was a critical success in which Steven Spielberg saw him and cast him in the big budget sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). This role gave Vince the exposure he needed to become a movie star and, for the first time, choose the roles he wanted to take. A Cool, Dry Place (1998) put him as a loving father, Return to Paradise (1998) cast him as a man having to make a life or death decision to save a friend, and Clay Pigeons (1998) cast him as an interesting serial killer. Since then his roles have been primarily in comedies such as Old School (2003), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), and Couples Retreat (2009). Show less «

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 exp...Show more »

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. Show less «

I've never done a romantic comedy, because it seems they can't just tell a love story. It's always something like a radio station does a pol...Show more »

I've never done a romantic comedy, because it seems they can't just tell a love story. It's always something like a radio station does a poll and decides these two people will get along, and if they do they get a million dollars. You don't need all of that to get into a love story. [2001] Show less «

We were out of work actors who played a lot of video games, so we were sort of surprised that Swingers was seen as cool. I think any cool in...Show more »

We were out of work actors who played a lot of video games, so we were sort of surprised that Swingers was seen as cool. I think any cool in it was a geekiness, an awkwardness that most people can relate to. Show less «

I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.

If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'

My grandfather was a farmer so I was always raised that you worked very hard whatever your job is; my sister was a teacher. You're to be res...Show more »

My grandfather was a farmer so I was always raised that you worked very hard whatever your job is; my sister was a teacher. You're to be respected if you try hard and try to be good at something and the results are less important. You can't control that. The more important thing is that you tried your best. But now there's much more of an intention where some of these kids don't want to be actors, they want to be famous! Their focus isn't necessarily on craftsmanship. Show less «

I really like comedy that brings people together. There's a lot of comedies lately that have been at people's expense or been kind of acidic...Show more »

I really like comedy that brings people together. There's a lot of comedies lately that have been at people's expense or been kind of acidic or mean-spirited. And some folks like that, and I think there's room for that, but that's not my style. I like something that makes us all feel closer. Comedy, at its best, can be healing. Show less «

(On his goofy role as Santa's no-account brother Fred) Maybe next time we'll turn Labor Day on its ass.

(On taking a colossal pay cut to make a documentary) I could keep trying to do the same kind of comedies. You know how it's going to go, and...Show more »

(On taking a colossal pay cut to make a documentary) 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. Show less «

(On hooking up romantically with co-stars) It's understandable. You're in situations with an actress where you're supposed to be intimate, p...Show more »

(On hooking up romantically with co-stars) It's understandable. You're in situations with an actress where you're supposed to be intimate, physical, and vulnerable with each other, and sometimes feelings get crossed. It's like you're away at summer camp and it seems to make sense, but when you go back home, the reality is that it may not be a situation you want to be in. Show less «

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...Show more »

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. Both he and my mom were totally supportive. Show less «

(On The Cell) "I didn't really want to do it, from reading the script. It didn't make a lot of sense to me. It was [Cell director] Tarsem [S...Show more »

(On The Cell) "I didn't really want to do it, from reading the script. It didn't make a lot of sense to me. It was [Cell director] Tarsem [Singh] and his visuals that made me want to do it. It's almost like you walk through a museum exhibit of an artist in a dark period of his life." Show less «

(July 2005 - On quitting smoking) I quit smoking four months ago and since then I have been biting-chewing-fidgeting with anything that isn'...Show more »

(July 2005 - On quitting smoking) I quit smoking four months ago and since then I have been biting-chewing-fidgeting with anything that isn't nailed down. I quit cold turkey. I was up to two packs a day, I'm coughing, my eyes are red, I don't have energy, I'm not even enjoying it, so I just said, 'That's it.' I think it might've been easier if I went with Nicorette or one of those supplements, but I just don't get that. Let's see, I'm addicted to something, so I know! Let's pop some pills to get over it! Yeah, that makes sense. But now I find myself in conversations where people are looking at me and I'm salivating all over myself. This is how pathetic and sad it is: you start thinking, 'Who am I without a cigarette in my hand?' Show less «

My father's name is Vernon, and my mother liked the initials double V, so she named my sisters Victoria and Valerie. That's cool- except whe...Show more »

My father's name is Vernon, and my mother liked the initials double V, so she named my sisters Victoria and Valerie. That's cool- except when the dogs start getting V names. Show less «