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Vin Diesel: Fatherhood Is a 'Beautiful Thing'

Vin Diesel: Fatherhood Is a 'Beautiful, Beautiful Thing'

Originally posted 08/26/2008 09:40AM

As an action hero Vin Diesel spends his time chasing bad guys and dodging explosions – but in real life he's just happy changing diapers.

The star of the upcoming Babylon A.D. – who welcomed his first child, a daughter, in April with girlfriend Paloma Jimenez – says fatherhood has given him a whole new perspective.

"Someone once told me that, when you have a child, it opens up parts of your heart that you never knew existed. And it is so true," Diesel told Parade magazine. "It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing."

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Vin Diesel Becomes a Father | Vin Diesel

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Vin Diesel Becomes a Father

Originally posted 06/05/2008 11:45PM

Vin Diesel and his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez, have quietly become parents of a baby girl, his rep tells PEOPLE.

Diesel, 40, and Jimenez welcomed their first child on April 2.

Diesel is currently shooting and producing Fast and Furious, due out June 2009, and will next be seen starring in Babylon AD on August 29.

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Vin Diesel Pacifies New Fans at Box Office | Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel Pacifies New Fans at Box Office

Originally posted 03/07/2005 08:00AM

Vin Diesel's family comedy The Pacifier was hot among moviegoers this weekend, while the reception to John Travolta's Get Shorty sequel Be Cool was, well, cool.

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Vin Diesel Kids Around | Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel Kids Around

Originally posted 03/09/2005 06:00AM

Though the old Hollywood adage says never work with animals or children, Vin Diesel, who costars with a brood of tykes in the hit comedy The Pacifier, disagrees. "I think that it's so inaccurate because when you work with kids, all you have to do is step out of the way and let them shine. It was so easy," he tells us. Easy, but also hard to shake. While filming his next movie, the Sidney Lumet-directed drama Find Me Guilty, "I would be standing on-site rocking back and forth," Diesel recalls. "Sidney said, 'Why are you rocking back and forth? You're (playing) a 48-year-old attorney that's living in prison. Why are you doing this?' I was so accustomed to having a baby that I kept going back and forth like this. I couldn't stop it. I kept doing this like I had a baby on me."

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New Role: Vin Diesel's Star Rising

Originally posted 07/31/2001 01:00PM

The career of the actor from "The Fast and the Furious" is growing fast and furiously. For $10 million, he'll play a new kind of 007.

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