Quotes from 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.

I think that just sitting down and having casual conversation is the hardest stuff to do. But the extremes? I know what it feels like to come racing around the corner at 90 miles an hour, sliding the car sideways. I know what gear I'm hitting it in when I'm coming around the corner and where I need to downshift. So to me, that's the fun stuff.

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

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

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 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.

Me and my buddies are all like brothers. So it's okay for us to say 'I love you' or whatever. It's always cool. I think that comes from my dad. That's just the way he always was.

I don't think of myself as a romantic person; I'm kind of more rough and tumble, I think. The things I'm drawn to are outdoorsy, I only get dressed up when I have to. I'm drawn to women who are into the same type of thing. If you're going to call it romantic, I'm very spontaneous. That's probably the best thing I have going for me.

I'm a surfer. I grew up in Southern California and used to surf twice a day, every day.

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

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.

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

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.

The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of my favourite smells. I love the smell in the evergreen forest just after it rains - The Redwood Forest in California has the coast, too, so you have the best of everything!

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

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.

It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of.

Everyone has an opinion.

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

Thing is, I went to a born-again Christian high school, was brought up in a traditional Mormon family where these ideas about parenting are of structure and sacrifice. To think outside of that idea of family and parenting that I've grown up with is tough but also very freeing.

I learned a long time ago that if you subscribe and believe the good, you have to believe the bad. My measure is my heart and what I know.

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.

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

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