Action Quote by Donnie Yen

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

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body,…

— Donnie Yen

A choreographer deals with the movement that you create, and with a creative director it's about the story, the stage, the lighting, the costuming,…

— Laurieann Gibson

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

— William Shatner

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

— Benjamin Millepied

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

I get into the studio and I try to make visible what's in the choreographer's mind. Sometimes a choreographer wants you to have an…

— Angel Corella

You always want to please your choreographer, director. Dancers are just that way.

— Chita Rivera

Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer, yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought…

— Laurieann Gibson

What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let go of…

— Misty Copeland

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

— Jonas Akerlund