Action Films Quotes

• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• May the Force be with you.

  George Lucas

  Movie, Film History, Psychics

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• You're a disease. And I'm the cure.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Badass, Disease, Cures

  "Cobra". www.imdb.com. 1986.

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• You're gonna need a bigger boat.

  Peter Benchley

  Inspirational, Movie, Radio News

  "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

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• I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very smart film and I think that people will feel differently about things when they see it.

  Joel Silver

  Smart, Stupid, Thinking

  "V For Vendetta - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.

  Sasha Grey

  Drama, Boys, Play

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• I think there are three types of actors. There are the ones that do the ego thing, which is "I'm never going to look bad in a movie, ever." This is mostly the action film dudes, like, "Nah, hell no. He ain't punchin' me! I'd whoop his ass!" Then you've got the activist type who bases their decisions in the development of a character on what it symbolizes to society - what the ethical code is. And then the third type is a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Powerful, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing that they don't get is story. So I think whether you're talking about a biopic or an action film or a science-fiction film that has all the CGI in the world, if you're not trying to connect with an audience, it doesn't really matter.

  John Ridley

  Thinking, Talking, Intellectual

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I've always really loved action films, but I don't see myself as a superhero girl.

  Amy Adams

  Girl, Superhero, Action

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 6, 2013.

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• The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout.

  Shane Black

  Differentiation, Action, Quiet

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• I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.

  Gina Carano

  Growing Up, School, Stuff

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• Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.

  Maggie Grace

  Actors, Done, Littles

  "Q&A: 'Lockout' first daughter Maggie Grace on being an unlikely action star" by Robert Desalvo, www.mtv.com. April 12, 2012.

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• I have a lot of brothers. It's easy for me to do physical stuff. I had to survive. I really love it, and I'd love to do more of it. I want to do action films. I want to go and hang off of wires, and jump off of bridges, and hang on bungee cords. I've always really loved it.

  Stana Katic

  Brother, Bridges, Wire

  "Stana Katic Interview CASTLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 21, 2010.

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• If I can do anything in this time of my career, I want to make it easier for other actresses and girls who are growing up to go, 'I get to be a part of a comedy or an action film or a romantic comedy or a thriller or just a romance, without having to wind up with someone to complete us.' I complete me. I just got lucky that, after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me.

  Sandra Bullock

  Girl, Growing Up, Wind

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• You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.

  Maggie Q

  Abuse, Looks, Action

  Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com.

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• I'd love to do a Paul Greengrass movie, or something like that, that's a character-driven action film. I'd like someone to make me go to the gym every day, and all that stuff. I don't know. Wherever the good characters are, I tend to try to get a job. It was nice because this was dipping my toe in the action genre. Maybe I might put my foot in, next time.

  Carey Mulligan

  Jobs, Nice, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a tomboy at the end of the day, so anything that causes me to have to run around, fight people, roll in the dirt, hop a fence - I'm all for it. So I really would love to do an action film.

  Emayatzy E. Corinealdi

  Running, Fighting, People

  "One on One with Emayatzy Corinealdi of 'Middle of Nowhere'". Interview with Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. September 26, 2012.

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• There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience.

  Joe Wright

  Art, Political, Action

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• For me, some of the happiest moments on a live-action film are the awkward moments. One actor says something to another actor. They didn't expect that performance from that actor; that affects their return performance.

  Gore Verbinski

  Awkward, Actors, Return

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• I was keen to direct an action film, and when Reliance approached me for the remake of Singham, I saw an opportunity to return to my first love.

  Rohit Shetty

  First Love, Opportunity, Saws

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• I love action films. I don't really like drama.

  Danny Trejo

  Drama, Action, Film

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• Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts from us. But about a decade ago, Hollywood began bringing in a number of our action choreographers, including two from my own stunt crew, where they became martial arts directors. Now, a decade later, Hollywood has learned it all, so when you look at the action films they're making now, they all use our action, our martial arts, and then add to that their own technology which is ten times better than ours, and it has to leave us dumbfounded: how did they film that?

  Jackie Chan

  Art, Technology, Two

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• I hope I can make some Hollywood-type action films like 'Batman' or 'Spiderman', action films like that. With some wire work, maybe wearing a mask. Like that.

  Jackie Chan

  Wire, Wearing A Mask, Hollywood

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