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Paul Walker (1973)

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Filmography[]

Trivia[]

  • His grandfather Paul Walker, Jr. (aka. "Irish" Billy Walker) was a professional boxer, raced cars for Ford, and is a Pearl Harbor survivor.
  • Auditioned for the role of Anakin Skywalker but was too old for the part. He has said it was the only role he's ever really wanted.
  • Vin Diesel went to the site of Paul's death and spoke kind words over a loud speaker from a police officers car. He said, "I just want to say to all of you, if my brother were here right now and he saw all of the love you are bringing here", Vin said. "If he could see for himself that all of you have shown up to show my brother love... at this hard time, his family gets to see all of you show the love that you've shown Paul. It's going to stay with me, forever. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciate him".
  • Described himself as a "total gear head" and he owned the Nissan Skyline R34 which he used in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
  • He worked in Guadalupe catching, tagging and studying Great White Sharks. He can be seen on the new TV show, Shark Men (2010) as a Deckhand.
  • Luke Evans, dedicated his performance in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) to Paul.
  • His organization 'Charity Reach Out Worldwide' is aimed at helping areas after natural disasters strike. He had left an event for his charity when he was involved in a fatal car accident.
  • He had a tattoo of his daughter's name, Meadow Walker, tattooed on the inside of his right wrist along with the Hawaiian state flower.
  • In Chile, helping the victims of the earthquake (March 2010)
  • He didn't like to watch himself on screen and would only watch his own movies once.
  • In December 2013, the city council of Pelluhue, Chile, decided to name the main street of a new neighborhood in the town as "Paul Walker street", as a gratitude gesture for the help he gave to the victims of the earthquake in Chile (February 27, 2010) in that same town.
  • Resided in Huntington Beach and Santa Barbara, California, where he surfed every day he was at home.
  • The driver in the fatal crash that killed Paul Walker was 38-year-old Roger Rodas. Rodas was the CEO of automotive company Always Evolving, and they were in Walker's 2005 Porsche Carrera GT when Roger lost control of the car and struck a tree. Walker was one of Always Evolving's owners, and Rodas was a former race car driver.
  • Vin Diesel his best friend and co-star named his third child, a daughter, Pauline, after him.
  • Was considered for the role of Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (2005).
  • Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Persons in the world in 2001.
  • Good friend, Tyrese Gibson, went to the site of Paul's death and broke down in tears. He took with him a piece of wreckage as remembrance. Tyrese instagramed a photo of the piece he took with him.
  • Good friends with Jesse Brisendine. Jesse is a personal trainer and life coach in Santa Barbara. The two traveled the world together. He once told Jesse on his tombstone we would want "He was a good guy and a kind person."
  • Was good friends with fellow actor Josh Brolin; they had portrayed brothers on "Highway to Heaven" and, 20 years later, rival treasure hunters in "Into the Blue". Brolin served as a pallbearer at Walker's funeral.
  • Was a fan of marine biologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Quotes[]

  • You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.
  • Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.
  • I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
  • I'm a dreamer. I've got this whole thing where I think I'm supposed to be a musician. I live by the seat of my pants, but I'd like to think that I'm also pretty sensible.
  • I'm much more likely to give myself a kick in the butt than a pat on the back.
  • I like low maintenance, natural, outdoor, shy girls.
  • Maybe this is just horrible bad, but I think I've had enough successes to where the journey is more important to me now. There's no guarantee, no matter what. We get one run in life.
  • Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.
  • There's a time and place for everything, but as I get older, I like finding those human moments and really connecting. Maybe I'm not as cool as I once was.
  • We're only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren't enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better.
  • I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That's what I live by. That's how I like it.
  • I don't care what it is in life: listen to your heart. If you do, no matter what, you win.
  • 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.
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