Between Quote by Hal Needham

I always think to shoot action scenes is not really about the stunts. It's more about an expression and about imagination.

— Wong Kar-wai

Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They're what we call, when we're working, 'exaggerated realism.'

— Nick Nolte

A good stunt has to have both style and substance. It's a combination of impact and notoriety, the element of danger, technical execution, and…

— Steve Truglia

There's something that feels more organic about watching a stunt that's done by you. There's also a feeling of accomplishment doing it yourself.

— Cobie Smulders

Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort.

— Robert Edmond Jones

I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff…

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention.

— Peter Greenaway

The real world has no obligation to be convincing, so it throws up some very weird moments sometimes.

— Neil Gaiman

After doing a bunch of movies as a stuntman, I realized that being a stuntman, you are in the shadow of the actor, and…

— Tony Jaa

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

— David Lean

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's…

— Nicolas Cage

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in…

— Desi Arnaz