Vin Diesel Said I Am Groot Over One Thousand Times

The voice of Groot in the MCU movie was famously recorded by Vin Diesel. But how many times did Vin Diesel say I am Groot?

Vin Diesel revealed that throughout the filming of Guardians of the Galaxy he said the word “I am Groot” over one thousand times.

Although, Vin could have recorded the three words once and edited them into place, the actor wanted to make each use of the phrase emotionally revealing.
As Vin Diesel describes his role:

“I was really lucky, because I had a director, who is willing to indulge and wanted to really capture all the nuances of this character. What we know about Groot is that he’s got a wooden larynx so although he’s saying other things, other than “I am Groot,” all the novice ears or someone oblivious to his nuances of his speech can hear is “I am Groot.”

It sounds like he’s just repeating his name. Because of that, when I came into the recording room, there was a fifty page document that on the left hand side it said “I am Groot,” and on the right hand side, it would have a paragraph or a sentence explaining what he was really meaning or what he was really trying to say.

And so when you have that level of detail, when you have a director that committed, when you have studio so hellbent on creating such a great CGI character, I feel like I’m coming into a team…a winning team already. And all I have to do is spend a week there in the ADR booth breathing life into it,”

Vin Diesel Said I Am Groot Over One Thousand Times