(Sinclair), and adoptive
father, Irving H. Vincent, an
acting instructor and theater
manager, in an artist's
housing project in New York
City's Greenwich Village. He
never knew his biological
father. His mother is white
(with English, German,
Scottish, and Irish ancestry),
and his adoptive father is
African-American; referring
to his biological father's
background, Diesel has said
that he himself is "definitely
a person of colour".
JOY FEELINGS
His first break in acting
happened by chance, when at
the age of seven he and his
friends broke into a theatre to
vandalize it. A woman
stopped them and offered
them each a script and $20,
on the condition that they
would attend everyday after