“Action is about living fully. Inaction is the way that we deny life. Inaction is sitting in front of the television every day for years becuase you are afraid to be alive and to take the risk of expressing what you are. Expressing what you are is taking action.” WayYearsMotivationalActionAliveRiskFrontsTelevisionSittingDenyInactionTaking ActionFour AgreementsLiving Fully Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I really thought that I'd be doing Shakespeare, honest to God. I did not foresee the whole action television thing. That was God's joke.” WholeActionHonestTelevisionJokes Author:Nick Offerman
“I watch a lot of television and I watch a lot of film and I hate when you watch the action sequences - and I always tell when they use a stunt man - and then they put the actor in and you can tell these actors haven't done anything.” MenDoneUseActionFilmHateActorsWatchesHavensTelevisionI HateSequence Author:Raymond Cruz
“Most fight sequences on a television show, probably any action adventure show that you know of, if you asked them how long they probably spend, [it's] one or two days doing the fight. Where we were spending eight days concurrently with an episode doing our fight sequences.” IfsKnowsLongTwoShowsActionFightingTelevisionAdventureEightSpendingEpisodesSequenceTwo DaysTelevision Shows Author:Alfred Gough
“[Into the Badlands] wasn't going to be two days of a splinter unit at the end of the shoot. The action and the martial arts had to be integral to the show. That's what makes it unique, that's what makes it special and different and ground-breaking. No one has attempted this before on American television.” ArtTwoDifferentEndsShowsActionSpecialTelevisionUniqueMartial ArtsUnitsTwo DaysSplintersAmerican Television Author:Miles Millar
“For those of us at Marvel Television, it always begins with the story. It's all about the script. It's making sure it's there, on the page. So, we needed to go to a group of individuals who have not only created some of the most memorable animated characters, like Ben 10 and Generator Rex, but also had done two seasons of our very successful Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man series, and that's the Man of Action guys. But, it wasn't just that.” MenTwoDoneCharacterStoriesActionGuyIndividualSuccessfulGroupsTelevisionHe ManNeededPagesUltimateSeasonsSeriesScriptsMemorableSpidersAnimatedSpider ManGeneratorMost Memorable Author:Jeph Loeb
“I love action shows. I love drama. There's no one type of thing. Television has gotten so good, and there's so much to do.” ShowsActionTelevisionTypeDramaLove Drama Author:Bridget Regan
“Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth. It destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by showing him in action and it created Jerry Falwell.” LooksActionLeaderChangedTelevisionHairBlowTeethDestroyedHostSenatorsJerryCongressmanJoe Mccarthy Author:Ronald Steel
“There's a level of action unlike anything else on television. AMC always makes distinctive television and I think that certainly fits that requirement.” ThinkingActionLevelsTelevisionFitRequirementsDistinctive Author:Miles Millar