“I like heist movies. I like action movies that set all the elements into one and a chance to do something that comes from a great stable of writing.” WritingActionChanceElementsStableAction MovieHeist Author:Jason Statham
“I never think I'm capable of any of [action movies]! I'm always terrified, but luckily on this one it was directed by my husband [Len Wiseman]. 'I can't possibly do it. I'm too scared, I can't do it.' He says: 'Go on. DO it!' So it is shocking as I'm not one of those people who finds that stuff easy.” PeopleThinkingI CanActionEasyStuffGoes OnHusbandCapableScaredMy HusbandTerrifiedShockingAction Movie Author:Colin Farrell
“I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.” BigsActionBudgetsVillainSuperheroAction MovieRad Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I'm lucky, because I started action movies at the age of 25. Now I'm 47, and I'm still kicking like a mule, and I'm as flexible as before.” StillsAgeActionLuckyFlexibleKickingAction MovieMules Author:Jean-Claude Van Damme
“It's not quite the same as other kinds of performing, but I love animation. It is just a different kind of experience. The difference is that making a live action movie you are using your whole body.” KindDifferentWholeBodyActionDifferencesPerformingDifferent KindsAnimationAction Movie Author:John Leguizamo
“I'm not a fan of action movies. I don't watch many action movies, I don't have a lot of references except for 70s action movies or cinema noir.” ActionWatchesFansCinemaNoirAction Movie Author:Olivier Megaton
“I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.” PeopleI CanActionWantedFilmDumbFilmmakerImpressObscureAction MoviePedigree Author:Doug Liman
“I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCharacterActionDarkSituationDangerousSmartDefinitionsHardestEndeavorSequenceAlleysSmart PeopleAction MovieCinematicDangerous SituationsDark Alleys Author:Doug Liman
“If anybody knows how to make action movies it's Sly.” IfsKnowsActionKnow HowAction MovieSly Author:Jason Statham
“Sometimes there are people who don't know how to make action movies - and that situation isn't a good one.” PeopleKnowsSometimesActionSituationKnow HowAction Movie Author:Jason Statham
“I'm a classic movie person. I love action movies, too, but when I grew up I didn't have much action movies.” PersonsActionGrewGrew UpClassicAction MovieClassic Movie Author:Bruno Zheng Wu
“When you're watching an action movie, you experience an action movie more outside of the aquarium, you're out of the aquarium looking in at all the swimming fish that are in there. Whereas horror films and thrillers are designed to put the audience into that box, into that aquarium.” ActionFilmAudienceHorrorFishesBoxesSwimmingThrillersHorror FilmAction MovieAquariums Author:James Wan
“There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film.” IfsTryingSometimesHardActionFilmMovingOne ThingMovementWeightMusclesAction Movie Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“It was great fun working with Pierce [Brosnan]. He taught me a lot in terms of professionalism and how to take care of yourself on these action movies. They're fairly long shoots and they're fairly physical and fairly emotional, so you have to maintain yourself and make sure you can make it all the way through. That's something I learned from him.” WayLongCareActionFunTermEmotionalTaughtTake CareProfessionalismPierceAction MovieTake Care Of Yourself Author:Luke Bracey
“It's all based around the idea that basically VW cars are space age. They're the worst cars to use in action movie, because all the things you want to traditionally do in an action movie they won't allow you to do, because they make you drive safely if you want to or not.” IfsWantIdeasUseAgeActionSpaceWorstCarAction MovieDrive Safely Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“So each of the commercials- basically it's an action movie cliché. "Bus" is very much inspired by Speed obviously, where you have a high-jacked out of control bus, and you have heroes who are trying to jump from a moving vehicle to the bus and they just can't do it because the moving vehicle can't get close enough, because all these VW cars have this distancing technology, which is really fantastic.” TryingEnoughActionMovingTechnologyCarHeroInspiredSpeedFantasticBusVehicleAction Movie Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I wanted to do something that dealt with more of paranormal techniques that wasn't a horror movie. It is an action movie that deals with a special operations group. But if a Tier One team went in to take out Bin Laden today, if you had those kind of abilities, of course you would use that kind of group. And it was more going into that arena. And I wanted to make it feel more like, grounded, as if we had this ability.” IfsFeelsKindUseTodayActionWantedCoursesAbilityDealsGroupsTeamSpecialHorrorTechniqueOperationsParanormalGroundedArenaBin LadenAction MovieSpecial Operations Author:Len Wiseman
“I'm surrounded by a lot of live-action movie professionals, and I'm just taking their lead, as far as what to schedule to do next. I'm guessing the challenge is going to be not having two characters together, and shooting the live-action without having the animation. In animation, you get to get in between every frame and you work it all out together.” TwoCharacterActionTogetherNextChallengesShootingWorking ItSchedulesAnimationGuessingAction Movie Author:Chris Wedge
“I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all, and get real down and dirty.” PersonsRealActionDown AndDirtyGet RealAction Movie Author:Paula Patton
“I grew up with comic books and cartoons and action movies. To find myself in the position to do work in these mediums is just an opportunity I couldn't have even asked for. It's just pure luck, really.” BookActionOpportunityPositionGrewPureGrew UpLuckMediumsComicComic BookCartoonAction Movie Author:Hoon Lee
“I love everything. I don't see myself doing a really serious drama in the next five to ten years. I don't feel mature enough for that yet. But I'd like to make a pure action movie one day or maybe I can do a comedy again. I do like everything. But I don't feel ready for a musical or something like that. That's not my thing yet.” FeelsYearsI CanEnoughActionNextCan DoFiveComedySeriousReadyDramaOne DayPureTenMusicalMatureAction Movie Author:Tommy Wirkola
“3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning. So when I think of doing that I was very excited. It didn't go as far as I think it should, I'm still a novice, but I think it's fair to say it's a new cinematic medium, experience.” ThinkingShouldStillsActionStepsBabyFairsExcitedMediumsShould IAnimatedAction MovieCinematicNovicesAnimated MoviesBaby Steps Author:Ang Lee
“I'm not interested in doing a simple, straightforward action movie, unless they want to pay me lots of money.” WantActionSimplePayNot InterestedLots Of MoneyStraightforwardAction Movie Author:Julian Jarrold
“I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it!” ActionFictionGrewGrew UpScience FictionAction Movie Author:Katee Sackhoff
“If someone said, "Here, you have your pick, you can do either a musical, Moulin Rouge type of movie, where you sing and dance, or an action movie, or a Shakespearian or Elizabethan movie," I would definitely love to do a movie that was based on a musical, where I would get to sing, dance and act, all at the same time.” IfsSaidActionCan DoTypePicksMusicalAction MovieRougeElizabethan Author:Megalyn Echikunwoke
“The idea right now - and it may evolve - would be a live-action movie where some of his characters would be animated. To me, this movie is very much about the creative process.” MayIdeasCharacterWould BeActionProcessCreativeRight NowEvolveCreative ProcessAnimatedAction Movie Author:Christopher Meledandri
“Death Race was a very modern action movie and it used all of those modern action techniques with lots of hand-held camera, lots of punchy zooms, and lots of quick movements and quick cuts. In 3D, I didn't want to do that anymore.” WantHandsActionUsedRaceCuttingModernMovementCamerasTechniqueAction MovieZoomDeath Race Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“If I'm shooting actually a live-action movie and I feel like I can get the shots that I need with the existing 3D cameras, then I see there is no reason to not use those-to not shoot it in 3D. But there are limitations to the 3D cameras in terms of the amount of them, in terms of the size of them, in terms of where you can actually shoot them. There are definitely limitations so you have to weigh the costs. And you have to weigh also what ultimately what creatively you want to get.” IfsWantNeedsFeelsI CanReasonUseActionTermAmountCostShotsCamerasSizeLimitationShootingNo ReasonAction Movie Author:Neal H. Moritz
“[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work.” WantYearsActionSpiritCertainSkillsEgoMalesPerformingKicksAction MovieCompetitive Spirit Author:Jason Statham
“Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.” WantWritingActionSkillsMy FavoriteWant SomethingGood WritingAction Movie Author:Jason Statham
“I was coming from a very cerebral, dark, difficult, layered play by Christopher Hampton and doing an action movie in Hollywood (Die Hard) with explosions, and I was holding a gun.” HardPlayActionDiesDifficultDarkGunHollywoodExplosionsAction MovieCerebralHamptons Author:Alan Rickman
“I am absolutely desperate to do an action movie. And not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but I actually think I'm good at it. I did it all. I was really into the routines and the choreography. I used to dance when I was younger, and so I think that came in handy.” ThinkingActionUsedMy OwnBlowDesperateTrumpetsAction MovieChoreographyHandy Author:Lily James
“I think it's nice to get a break from all of the big Hollywood comic book action-movies and see something that's relatable and funny and interesting.” ThinkingBookBigsActionInterestingBreakNiceHollywoodComicComic BookRelatableAction Movie Author:Aubrey Plaza
“Everybody is trying to make something real, something with a core of substance, and of course, an exciting action movie with a lot of terrific stuff and fantastic visuals and everything, but at the core of it, it's a movie with substance and something that is going to make people think.” PeopleThinkingTryingRealActionCoursesStuffExcitingCoreFantasticSubstanceVisualsTerrificAction MovieSomething Real Author:Joel Kinnaman
“It's great to see a relatable, accessible young woman out there, doing things and breaking the barriers for what would be considered an action movie.” Would BeActionYoungBarriersYoung WomenRelatableAction Movie Author:Todd Lieberman
“Any movie you see, if Tom Cruise is in an action movie or whatever it is, The Avengers, there's going to be a kick-ass female character. Usually one. And there's a term for this, but I don't know what it is. But someone's coined a term where there's one female character who's incredibly tough and strong and just as good as the guys at whatever it is they’re doing, and usually wearing black, skin-tight clothes, and [she] has no personality whatsoever, and is not funny.” IfsKnowsCharacterActionGuyStrongBlackTermPersonalityClothesToughFemaleSkinsAssKicksTomsCruiseFemale CharactersAction MovieKick AssAvengersBlack SkinWearing BlackTight Clothes Author:Geena Davis
“I want to do an action movie so badly, it just has to happen at some point in my career. I have to do an action movie. Like, I want to do the Angelina Jolie thing - the guns and the blowing things up.” WantHappensActionCareersGunAction Movie Author:Mark Indelicato
“I made a few movies in Holland for a lot of TV series. I came to Los Angeles and for the last 10 years, I made a lot of feature films - all kinds of low budget action movies for the studios.” YearsKindMadeActionLastsFilmTvsLowsSeriesStudiosAll KindsBudgetsFeaturesLos AngelesAction MovieHollandTv Series Author:Roel Reine
“It's just kind of seemed like a funny way to explore action movies, I guess. I mean, I'm a big fan of them always. It's always people who are very equipped to deal with the situations that they're thrown in. So, the notion just seemed funny, because it's, like, basically stoners are kind of the last guys in the world who are equipped to deal with that. And the humor possibilities just seemed somewhat endless.” PeopleWorldWayKindMeanBigsActionLastsGuyDealsSituationFansPossibilityNotionEndlessThrownAction MovieStoners Author:Seth Rogen
“To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.” RunningActionSceneDramaticBulletsConvenientAction Movie Author:Seth Rogen
“I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.” ActionInfluenceMajorsVansAction MovieVan Damme Author:Seth Rogen
“Ultimately what I want to do, I want to go back and do some more action movies.” WantActionAction Movie Author:Morris Chestnut
“Years and years of talking and writing versions of the script [Sausage Party] and looking at various versions of the animations - I mean, it's really a lot of workshopping and trying different things, and using the cast to try different voices and characters. And that's the good thing about animation. Because it takes so long, it allows you to explore in a way that you can't in live-action movies.” WayWritingTryingYearsMeanLongDifferentCharacterActionVoicePartyTalkingGood ThingsScriptsCastsVariousVersionsDifferent ThingsAnimationAction MovieSausageDifferent VoicesTrying Different Things Author:Seth Rogen
“So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff.” ArtActionCultureStuffArt IsGreat ArtAction MovieReally Amazing Author:Scott McClanahan
“I never know when I'll find myself jumping out of a helicopter or something. It's like we're making a new action movie every week, which is pretty thrilling.” KnowsActionWeekJumpingThrillingAction MovieHelicopters Author:Lucas Till
“Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don't fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That's one unfortunate thing.” MayLittlesDifferentBigsActionCertainLostAudienceComedyFitApproachConceptsMarketingOpeningUnfortunateNicheAction MovieShuffleUnfortunate Things Author:Curtis Hanson
“There's a part of me that would love to be in an action movie where I get to run around and punch people in the face and, whatever, be a murderer, I don't care!” PeopleCareRunningActionFacesDon't CareI Don't CareMurdererAction Movie Author:Jenny Slate
“Nowadays the movies that people are going to see in the theaters are the big-event movies, like Spider-Man or something, or they're 25-year-old models who are vampires, or they're very broad comedies, or they're standard action movies. So if you're going to work for a studio and do a movie for the budget that the movie needs, those are the kinds of movies you'll be in.” PeopleIfsMenNeedsYearsKindBigsActionComedyEventsModelsStandardsTheaterStudiosVampireBudgetsBroadsGoing To WorkSpidersAction MovieSpider ManBig Events Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lot in action films, or you can get very detailed.” WayTwoBigsHappensActionFilmRolesPaintBroadsStrokesTwo WaysAction MovieAction Films Author:Patrick Heusinger