Action Quote by Chad Stahelski
“Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just don't love the character, you love the guy. In any of the great action stars, you see the guy doing the work.”
![“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)
![“Laurence [Fishburn] helped redo some of the dialogue [in John Wick 2], he and Keanu [Reeves] workshopped it. And he couldn't have been more respectful couldn't have been more brilliant on set. I said, "look, I'm gonna have to work you a little bit here cause I only get you for three days." He…” quote by Chad Stahelski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d2/chad-stahelski-32714_always-working_laurence-fishburn-helped-redo-some-of-th_2598113.jpg)
