“I think every red-blooded male enjoys brandishing a firearm.” ThinkingEnjoyRedMalesFirearms Author:Scott Adkins
“In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.” ThinkingFilmLeftInfluenceIndustryPicksVisibleVansFilm IndustryJackieVan Damme Author:Scott Adkins
“I'll be honest, I never saw myself making a ninja movie, never entertained the idea. I think ninja films can be quite cheesy unless you do them in feudal Japan.” ThinkingIdeasFilmSawsHonestIllBeing HonestJapanCheesyNinja Author:Scott Adkins
“Im always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in El Gringo; it shows in the new Universal Soldier. You cant rest on your laurels; youve got to keep improving.” ThinkingTryingShowsActorsSkillsUniversalSoldierImprovingCantAlways TryingLaurels Author:Scott Adkins
“Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.” ThinkingWantWellsArtFightingVersionsUnexpectedMartial Arts Author:Scott Adkins
“It was weird working with all of them - Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris. There's a sequence in the movie where myself and Jean-Claude Van Damme are running through this airport and there's this silhouette behind this big screen - it smashes, and there you see Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Bruce Willis all firing their weapons at me and Jean-Claude. It's kind of surreal when you think about it, the three '80s icons of action movies, unloading as many bullets as they could at us. It's pretty crazy.” ThinkingKindRunningActionCrazySurrealChuckAction Movie Author:Scott Adkins
“The genre of '80s action movies, I think, changed really when The Matrix came out and Keanu Reeves was able to perform kung fu. Then you had Matt Damon in the Bourne films, doing a great job. So it's different now, they can train actors to do their own fights convincingly on screen, so those guys aren't needed anymore. But I think everything goes around in circles; people still do want to see the guys that can do stuff for real, that's why The Expendables is so popular. I think it will come back again.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRealActionFilmGuyFightingChangedTrainGreat JobAction MovieKung FuDamonBourne Author:Scott Adkins
