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  • I'd like to do an action film like Angelina Jolie's 'Salt.' -- Katrina Kaif
  • You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim. -- Maggie Q
  • If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way. -- Mads Mikkelsen
  • But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys. -- Bruce Willis
  • In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
  • I'll do at least one action film every year because of my fans. This is my promise to them. -- Akshay Kumar
  • But, it is hard too, because I want to do another action film. Believe it or not, it was fun. -- Shane West
  • Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film. -- Sylvester Stallone
  • I think that the Western went away for a while because part of its function was that it used to be America's action film. -- Paul Dano
  • I'd love to continue my career in Hollywood - I'd love to do another action film, or a romantic comedy, or horror. I love horror films. -- Rain
  • 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
  • You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story. -- Geoffrey S. Fletcher
  • Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays. -- Beck
  • People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real. -- Sylvester Stallone
  • An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring. -- Shane Black
  • If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film. -- Vin Diesel
  • You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much. -- Adam McKay
  • I think I'd like to play more happy roles because I haven't done too many of those. I think I'd like to do an action film; something with a harness would be fun. -- Megan Charpentier
  • I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me. -- Garth Brooks
  • In the 90's action pictures were all the rage. As a woman, I was fed up with them and I initially thought that the script was just another action film dressed up as a period piece. -- Madeleine Stowe
  • 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. -- Bruce Willis
  • I have a real taste for doing action roles. I starred in a movie called 'Blast,' which was my first action film, and I loved the fighting - I think I've got the build, the attitude and the look for it. -- Nadine Velazquez
  • 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 Corinealdi
  • You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can't let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically. -- Nicolas Cage
  • Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible. -- Steven Seagal
  • I think there were some dubious feelings about it, that the first 'Scarface' would not be surpassed by the second 'Scarface.' We were wrong; it surpassed it. The acting talent, the cinematography - we were propelled into a real class action film. Long after I kick the bucket, it'll be played. -- Robert Loggia
  • What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions. -- Mel Gibson
  • Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever. -- Andy Serkis
  • Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death...In a word, emotion. -- Samuel Fuller
  • Id like to do an action film or a dark sort of independent piece. -- Devon Sawa
  • A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death?In one word, emotions. -- Samuel Fuller
  • Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that. -- Maggie Grace
  • One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well. -- Derek Theler
  • I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film. -- Steve Martin
  • In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys. -- Marcia Gay Harden
  • Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers. -- Dale Evans
  • I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. -- Elia Kazan
  • I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move. -- Anton Corbijn
  • I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy. -- Harrison Ford
  • From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker. -- Donnie Yen
  • I definitely acknowledge that 'The Matrix' and Trinity had an influence on female action-oriented characters in television and in film. I think it's awesome. -- Carrie-Anne Moss
  • I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work. -- Jan de Bont
  • Cable television stations in America are now producing such smart, in-depth, non-formula, character-based dramas. Film has turned more and more into big action or cartoons. -- Gillian Armstrong
  • The world of Ultimate Spider-Man is funny. I can't imagine a live-action film where he's Principal Coulson and dealing with some of the pranks from these guys. -- Clark Gregg
  • Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles. -- Jet Li
  • There is an expectation with a superhero film that there is spectacle and action but there also has to be heart. Striking that balance is really important. -- Charles Roven
  • Sometimes it is the emotional experience of film and television that bring a cause to our hearts and stir us to action - they inform and inspire. -- Lee Hirsch
  • Obviously, you know, I am known as an action director, and being a film editor previously had been a great advantage for me as an action director. -- John Glen
  • They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25, and it seems that The Hobbit will be the same kind of film. -- Christopher Tolkien
  • 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
  • In all the movies I'm in love with someone in my head. There's always love in a film somewhere. It doesn't matter even if it's an action movie. -- Channing Tatum
  • 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. -- Steve Martin
  • 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
  • I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action. -- Tom Perrotta
  • 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. -- Jerry Goldsmith
  • It feels so good to be able to be part of an action flick like 'The Raid' and to read the rave reviews in a number of film festivals. -- Joe Taslim
  • Because I once became so distraught watching the film 'Watership Down,' my parents were happier to let me watch action adventures featuring humans and warriors rather than cute animals. -- Rhianna Pratchett
  • You do a movie and, even if it's not a comedy or it's not an action film, you get a little taste of it, and then I want to do it full force. -- Ashley Greene
  • Some people call Police Story the greatest action film of all time, and while I have to be humble and say that I disagree, it's definitely the favorite action film I've ever made. -- Jackie Chan
  • 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
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