Action Movie Quotes - Page 2

• I'm just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it's amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.

  Adam McKay

  Fans, Giants, Able

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• The action movie, the thriller and the drama all have safety nets under them. But not the horror film. The horror film can sink to an abyss far darker than the imagination can ever reach.

  Marcus Dunstan

  Drama, Safety, Imagination

  "Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton up ante with 'The Collection'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Just by nature, I think in comedy. I think in sketches and what have you. In every drama or action movie I've been in, I have to make a concerted effort not to turn it into a comedy. Every shot, before action is called and after cut is called, I'm usually in some goofy head space. It feels natural to me.

  Michael Jai White

  Drama, Cutting, Thinking

  "Black Dynamite's Michael Jai White and Scott Sanders: The Movieline Interview". Interview with S.T. Vanairsdale, movieline.com. October 14, 2009.

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• 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.

  Olivier Megaton

  Fans, Watches, Cinema

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• Sometimes there are people who don't know how to make action movies - and that situation isn't a good one.

  Jason Statham

  People, Action, Sometimes

  Source: screenrant.com

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• I'm a classic movie person. I love action movies, too, but when I grew up I didn't have much action movies.

  Bruno Zheng Wu

  Action, Classic Movie, Grew Up

  Source: deadline.com

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• 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.

  James Wan

  Swimming, Aquariums, Action

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

  Moving, Trying, Movement

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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.

  Luke Bracey

  Fun, Emotional, Long

  Source: collider.com

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• I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild, fun action movies and also be allowed to do the dramas. Hopefully, if I'm able to keep that balance, I'd love to always try to do both.

  Angelina Jolie

  Fun, Drama, Balance

  "Angelina Jolie Talks In Cannes About 'A Mighty Heart'". Press conference, www.colesmithey.com. June 4, 2007.

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• 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.

  Jason Statham

  Writing, Elements, Chance

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• You can actually improvise a lot as a voice actor. It's not that entirely different than shooting a live action movie; the characters mouths are quite easy to manipulate once all the information is built into the computer. So you can improvise a lot and it doesn't matter really how far along they are in the process they can really just make the character say something different.

  Seth Rogen

  Character, Voice, Different

  Source: movieweb.com

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• 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.

  Colin Farrell

  Husband, Thinking, People

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• I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Superhero, Rad, Action

  "Q & Andy: Neil Patrick Harris". Interview with Andy Warhol, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 18, 2015.

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• Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.

  Asia Argento

  Years, Action, Boring

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• I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.

  Kate Beckinsale

  Thinking, Doe, Routine

  Interview with Ruth Hilton, www.maxim.com. June 29, 2011.

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• One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I would love to do a Lara Croft type of thing that's really physical and tough. I want to have a gun and do martial arts. I would love to get paid to get into the best shape of my life.

  Megalyn Echikunwoke

  Art, Gun, Dying

  "Megalyn Echikunwoke Talks Showtime’s HOUSE OF LIES, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, and NBC Pilot BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.

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• 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.

  John Leguizamo

  Differences, Different, Body

  "Ice Age 2 - John Leguizamo (Sid) interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I grew up with action movies in my head.

  Christian Kane

  Action, Grew Up, Grew

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• The costume the actors wear and if they're in stylized makeup and wigs in a live-action movie let's say, in a big costume drama, even though it does give them a sense of great ambience and environment and they kind of feel like they're in a great court, or if they feel like they're in the old west, or if they feel like they're being chased by hobbits or dinosaurs, it all comes down to the actors looking each other in the eye.

  Steven Spielberg

  Drama, Eye, Makeup

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Doug Liman

  People, Dumb, Action

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• I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.

  Steve Martin

  Real, Character, Thinking

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• I think I'm actually a mainstream, popcorn-eating kid. I've always been that, so I'd sit there watching action movies and American moves before I watch other movies quite often because I am that kid. But I've pushed into the more alternative area because that's where it gets really interesting creatively.

  Eddie Izzard

  Moving, Kids, Thinking

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• I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie.

  Steve Martin

  Play, Different, Littles

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• I was very happy with Vampire's Kiss, which in my opinion was almost like an independent laboratory to start realizing some of my more expressionistic dreams with film performance. Then using what I had learned in Vampire's Kiss and putting it into a very big action movie in the form of Face/Off with John Woo. If you look at those two movies back to back, you can see where I stole from my performance in Vampire's Kiss.

  Nicolas Cage

  Dream, Independent, Kissing

  "Nicolas Cage: ‘Personal Issues Don’t Have a Place in Film Commentary’" by Eliza Berman, time.com. August 7, 2015.

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