Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 (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?` (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."
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.
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.
"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]
(On his goofy role as Santa`s no-account brother Fred) Maybe next time we`ll turn Labor Day on its ass.
(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.
(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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Trivia
His favorite films are: One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest, Tender Mercies, The Bad News Bears, Terms of Endearment, Urban Cowboy, Five Easy Pieces, and Paper Moon.
Was considered for the role of Chandler on "Friends" (1994-2004).
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2008 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his performance in Fred Claus (2007). He failed to receive a nomination however.
Before he became famous, he did an "After School Special" on steroids with Peter Billingsley.
Does not like cell phones and does not own one. When he`s working on a movie, he is given one and usually winds up losing it.
Friends with Joaquin Phoenix.
Good friends with actor Jon Favreau.
Has Canadian heritage as his mother, Sharon Vaughn, is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Has quit smoking.
He is an Alumnus of the Famous Improv Olympic along with actors Mike Myers, the late Chris Farley, Ossie Beck, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Adam McKay
Is considered the leader of, what the media refers to as, "The Frat Pack," along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson. The "Frat Pack" name is a reference to the film, Old School (2003), featuring Vaughn, Ferrell and Luke Wilson, due to the wide number of films featuring the seven actors. Vaughn`s "Frat Pack" films include, Wedding Crashers (2005), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004).
Loves to dance.
Younger brother of Valeri Vaughn and Victoria Vaughn.
After Steven Spielberg saw him in Swingers (1996), he cast Vince for a role in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
Attended Lake Forest High School with Pulitzer-prize nominated author, Dave Eggers.
Attended Lake Forest High School, class of 1988.
Because he did not have an exemplary grade in school, he became the president of his Senior Class at Lake Forest High School (1988) because he knew that if he were the president, he would speak at graduation. If he had to speak at graduation, then the school would have to let him graduate.
Frequent co-star of Ben Stiller, appearing with him in three movies in 2004 alone.
Is a Chicago Blackhawks fan.
Is of Lebanese, Italian, Irish, English and German ancestry.
Lost a piece of his thumb in a car wreck.
Once admitted to Premiere magazine that one of his favorite movies was Little Darlings (1980).
Vince`s dad, Vernon Vaughn, can be seen as the man sitting at the "$100 minimum bet table" in the movie Swingers (1996).
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