With John Wick we wanted to do something like that. So rather than punching, kicks - and for the kind of way we wanted to shoot it, which is longer takes - our initial instinct was let's go with a… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to watch. — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
In fact rules are more important in our underworld than they are to the regular citizen who works within them. — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time with both [Laurence Fishburn and Keanu Reeves], obviously, on the Matrix trilogy. Worked a lot, on a day-to-day… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much. — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
Character imperfection is the important thing to keep them from being superheroes. — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
I think what we want to do is - when we choreograph, when we design choreography, we try to take it from a character… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
With John Wick we wanted to do something like that. So rather than punching, kicks - and for the kind of way we wanted… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
Keanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself sat down… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
We're under Rigan Machado, who I think is one of the best jiu jitsu instructors at least in Los Angeles, if not in the… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
When I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
![“I spent a lot of time with both [Laurence Fishburn and Keanu Reeves], obviously, on the Matrix trilogy. Worked a lot, on a day-to-day level, with Laurence Fishburne. And then we'd bumped into each other through the film community for years and years.” quote by Chad Stahelski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ccd/chad-stahelski-32714_community_i-spent-a-lot-of-time-with-both-laurence_1194792.jpg)
![“Keanu and I were in New York, I was prepping John Wick 2. And when Keanu [Reeves], [writer] Derek Kolstad, and myself sat down and wrote the character, it was completely, one hundred percent based on Laurence Fishburne. Like, in my head I saw this guy.” quote by Chad Stahelski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/429/chad-stahelski-32714_character_keanu-and-i-were-in-new-york-i-was-prepp_1942045.jpg)
![“We're under Rigan Machado, who I think is one of the best jiu jitsu instructors at least in Los Angeles, if not in the world. We have a lot of his instructors here, as well as Japanese jiu jitsu, Japanese judo, and sambo. That was Keanu's [Reeves] recipe [in John Wick 2].” quote by Chad Stahelski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/082/chad-stahelski-32714_ifs_we-re-under-rigan-machado-who-i-think-is_2036150.jpg)
![“When I first met Laurence I was Keanu's [Reeves] stunt double on the first Matrix. So, a little evolution there with career status. But then cut to the thirteen/fourteen years later where now I'm asking Laurence Fishburne to trust my directorial capacity [in John Wick 2].” quote by Chad Stahelski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e5c/chad-stahelski-32714_asking_when-i-first-met-laurence-i-was-keanu-s_2472077.jpg)