Imagine a kid who once imagined making giant explosions on screen. The quotes talk about action movies as simple, heroic stories like a man racing to rescue his wife, and they note that jokes under fire make characters feel real. They also point out that modern action films can feature diverse stars working together.
![“One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian characters white.” quote by Gene Luen Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/gene-luen-yang-22702_action_one-of-the-ways-racism-pops-up-is-when-t_2704410.jpg)
![“The original idea [ of the Pineapple Express] came from Judd [Apatow] actually. He just kind of had the loose notion of like, 'What about a weed action movie?'.” quote by Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/seth-rogen-1831_action_the-original-idea-of-the-pineapple-expre_3119339.jpg)
![“We all grew up in that era. I'm a little younger than these guys [Will Forte and John Solomon], but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original "MacGyver" series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for MacGruber. We took his name and made it stupid. In terms of…” quote by Will Forte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/will-forte-13248_80s_we-all-grew-up-in-that-era-i-m-a-little_814069.png)
![“Years and years of talking and writing versions of the script [Sausage Party] and looking at various versions of the animations - I mean, it's really a lot of workshopping and trying different things, and using the cast to try different voices and characters. And that's the good thing about…” quote by Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/seth-rogen-1831_action_years-and-years-of-talking-and-writing-v_2964076.jpg)
