Paul Walker
Paul Walker
Paul William Walker IVwas an American actor. Walker began his career guest-starring in several television shows such as The Young and the Restless and Touched by an Angel. Walker gained prominence with breakout roles in coming of age and teen films such as She's All That and Varsity Blues. In 2001, Walker gained international fame for his portrayal of Brian O'Conner in the street racing action film The Fast and the Furious, and would reprise the role in five of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 September 1973
CityGlendale, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own.
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.
What I find really difficult is making career decisions.
I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged.
I believe in fate, that films happen when they are supposed to.
I like being surrounded by great people.
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.
I'm extemely competitive, so when people start counting me out or trying to categorise me, I sorta get hungry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.