I'd always wanted to be in the film industry in the U.K. but I didn't really push myself to get myself noticed. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Whenever you make a film, all you really want is for an audience to connect with it in some way. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I used to run a Japanese review website way back in the day, around about 2003, 2004. It was just my own… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Merantau' was my attempt to infuse drama with martial arts. It was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I'm super… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I was supposed to make another action film after 'The Raid 2.' It was going to be my first U.S. film. And… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Films like 'True Romance' and 'The Last Boy Scout' stuck with me since I saw them when I was young, on every… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing about horror and thrillers is when there's something deeper going on in the subtext of the film. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Once 'The Raid' one and two had come out, as great and wonderful as those films were for me creatively, it became… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have become quite disenfranchised with action films, especially when they hide the choreography with quick cuts… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
When I was a kid the first Bruce Lee film I ever saw was 'Enter The Dragon,' and after that I was… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
There's this thing of, before I started making 'The Raid' films I was just obsessed with all different genres and just loved… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
All of my consumption of films when I was a child was on VHS. I saw films in the wrong aspect ratio,… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
The problem is I have this thing when I do a film, I really want to give all of myself to it.… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
When it came to the 'Raid' films, everything is adrenalized, crowd-pleasing. It's a roller coaster. You can watch an action scene unfold… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in big-budget films, I'm interested in something a little more personal. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I've always loved the films where it's like you're building up to something, you're getting a drip feed of mystery and tension… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I had made an independent film - 'Footsteps' - in the U.K. that hadn't really done anything, so my wife suggested we… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I hadn't seen 'The Devils' until about two months before we started writing 'Apostle.' It would always play in documentaries about extreme… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people in the world who are very good at martial arts but that doesn't make them good screen fighters.… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I very, very rarely have a shot that lasts under one second. Every shot should have enough breathing room to have a sense of… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Films like 'True Romance' and 'The Last Boy Scout' stuck with me since I saw them when I was young, on every different format. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Assault On Precinct 13' was amazing - a big influence. 'Escape From New York' as well. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Growing up either from classes or watching movies I knew, of course, about kung fu, karate, aikido, Muay Thai... But the first time I… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
My dad's weekend treat to me as a kid would be to get me the latest Jackie Chan or some old Bruce Lee classic… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
We all have a different moral barometer, whether it is something we are okay with or not okay with. Like I find some things… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have become quite disenfranchised with action films, especially when they hide the choreography with quick cuts and close-ups. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to be in the film industry in the U.K. but I didn't really push myself to get myself noticed. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
There's nothing more frustrating then when you have someone who's a little bit stiff and you have to ease them into the shoot. When… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
