Best 4991 quotes in «action quotes» category

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

I just have more fun when I get to try new things - and the action film genre has kind of painted itself into a corner, copied itself so many times and it has basically run out of bad buys.

I just want to get into the action. And voice-over work is all action.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

I know of people whose actions and words I admire and respect. Some are called "intellectuals," some are not.

I know that I cannot control anyone else's actions but my own, and how I choose to react to situations.

I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires.

I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.

I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.

I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few. I like kinetic cinema.

I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it.

I learned very early on not to speak to my folk from on high, but to get down with them, beside them, showing them how to act rather than telling them. And I suggested that they should do the same with one another: that they didn't need a book of rules to tell them what to do and what not to do, but experience and action.

I like action more than anything touchy-feely.

I like action movies! Action movies are awesome.

I like a lot of Tom Cruise's roles, he's this action hero.

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me.

I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to.

I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in the action.

I like the variety. But basically my choice of films is a small intimate film. Quiet film, no action, just people in relationships. That's what I like the most.

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene.

I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.

I like to build things, I like to do things. I am having a lot of fun .

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

I like working on action films, and I like working on movies that are comic book based, or that have this theme, because they're things I watched or loved as a kid.

I'll do at least one action film every year because of my fans. This is my promise to them.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'

I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.

I love action films. It's my favorite genre.

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

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.

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump towards it, for sure.

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.

I love doing action movies, I love pushing myself to the limit.

I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.

I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

I loved doing Supergirl, but I would love to do Batgirl. I would absolutely love to do a live-action Batgirl!

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them.

I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.

I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.

I love musicals and music driven films, and my first instinct is to tell the story. And when music is a big part of the action I can literally make the story sing!

I love fantasy. I love thrillers. I love action. I'm all over the place. As long as the story and characters are good, I'll love it.

I love the action stuff. Honestly, I like sci-fi and everything supernatural.

I love action. I love doing fight scenes, I always have.