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Action Quotes
On action films, stunt work, and doing over talking.
This collection follows actors who never planned on action careers, including a classically trained performer who found himself kicking and punching on screen despite his background. Explore Character quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.
- Dynamics
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From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.
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It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.
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Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.
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An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.
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In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography.
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Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.
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When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.
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I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
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No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to get a government - and a nation - to stop drifting to low performance. That's to wake up and insist on higher standards.
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