In a drama, you're always looking for things to create conflict with. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Martial arts tend to share the same style and movements. Its just the packaging that's different. — Gareth Evans Art Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of different martial arts before I came to know Silat. — Gareth Evans Art Copy Share Image
Assault On Precinct 13' was amazing - a big influence. 'Escape From New York' as well. — Gareth Evans Amazing Copy Share Image
The benefits of shooting in Indonesia, we are very independent from union laws. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I certainly got influenced by Shane Black cause I just love Shane Black's work anyway. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in big-budget films, I'm interested in something a little more personal. — Gareth Evans Cinema Copy Share Image
In Indonesia we have quite a strict censorship law, so there's certain things we're just not allowed to do, and there's certain… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I'm a parent, I raise two kids, you get afraid of what the world has got in store for people, you know… — 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… — Gareth Evans Art Copy Share Image
It's true. In hotels I do always look at what you could rip out to use as a prop. The nicer the… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be, like 'the action guy.' Not that that's a bad thing, it was just I knew that I… — Gareth Evans Action Copy Share Image
I love an action sequence that's not just purely about the rollercoaster of it, but a sequence that allows the storytelling to… — Gareth Evans Action 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 Art Copy Share Image
I'll always end up coming back to Jakarta because I got given my career by being here. I want to be able… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
There were a lot of Indonesian films made in the Seventies and Eighties that had silat and karate built into them, but… — Gareth Evans Eighties 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 Children Copy Share Image
The film 'After Life' by Hirokazu Koreeda. I remember when I first saw it, just being totally blown away by every single… — Gareth Evans Every moment Copy Share Image
I'm nervous about my kids seeing action without emotional consequences. Especially in a movie that might be rated PG-13, but just because… — Gareth Evans Action Copy Share Image
I know 'The Godfather II' there are elements that you can get away with watching without watching the first one, but you… — Gareth Evans Experience Copy Share Image
On an analytical level, what's so special about the Asian approach to action is that there is a time signature to the… — Gareth Evans Action 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 Chance Copy Share Image
When I was in Indonesia I had made a short horror film called 'Safe Haven' for the 'V/H/S/2' anthology with Timo, a… — Gareth Evans Experience Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate towards sitcoms more and documentaries. — Gareth Evans Documentaries Copy Share Image
I would never have watched 'Back to the Future II' without seeing the first one because you can't follow it. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
There are moments in 'The Raid 2' where I wanted to use the camera to question screen violence. — Gareth Evans Camera Copy Share Image
Doing long shots, no matter how good the fighter is, fatigue sets in, and mistakes crop up. — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
A Field in England' to me was a mind blowing experience. It's such a special tone. — Gareth Evans England Copy Share Image
It sounds weird now, but I was doing web videos to teach people the Welsh language. — Gareth Evans Language Copy Share Image
Every martial art shares similiar things. There's only so many ways you can throw a punch and a kick but the way… — Gareth Evans Art Copy Share Image
I have family and friends who are religious, they don't wear it on their sleeves as part of their souls, but I… — Gareth Evans Beauty 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 Action Copy Share Image
If you watch 'Armour of God' and 'Police Story' there's a clarity in the editing and shooting that showcases moments of the… — Gareth Evans Choreography Copy Share Image
When I was nine I wrote my first little script and it was terrible and thank God none of us had a… — Gareth Evans Camera Copy Share Image
The one thing I've always loved about Jackie Chan in his films - and that I related to a lot - was… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I used to use Twitter and I had to get off it because every morning it was like I'd wake up, and… — Gareth Evans Every morning Copy Share Image
I'm not a massive fan of POV shots usually. I find them to be quite distracting; they remove you from the story… — 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… — Gareth Evans Clarity Copy Share Image
