Action Quote by David Leitch

In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs…

— Donnie Yen

You'll still work with some directors where that doesn't happen, and sometimes it's out of necessity because you're in a really complicated, choreographed fight…

— Paul Bettany

When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's…

— Rob Marshall

Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go…

— Rob Marshall

Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques you have…

— Terry Zwigoff

Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.

— David Leitch

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.

— Alan J. Pakula

Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts…

— Jackie Chan

Every actor prepares a scene in their own way. For me, it's about understanding the scenario, the room I'm going to be working in,…

— Manisha Koirala

I'd never really shot action scenes before, but I realized early on that is very much like shooting choreography and dance.

— Jonas Akerlund

Sometimes you can just have a dialogue with an actor beforehand and shape the performance then, but other actors need more guidance on the…

— Sam Levinson

Sometimes, with the scale of a film, it's like when I walked on the sets of "The Matrix," especially in "Reloaded," there was the…

— Keanu Reeves