Acting Quote by Helen Mirren

They're called 'action scenes' because they do the acting for you. You don't have to act in action scenes. The action does it all…

— Helen Mirren

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

— Clive Owen

I always thought acting was all lights, camera, action. It's a job; you have to do your job correctly.

— Corey Haim

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

— Jason Statham

Action movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations.

— Walter Hill

When you do an action movie, you've got to come prepared to do an action movie.

— Columbus Short

I'm certainly not on a mission to be taken seriously as a dramatic actress, any more than I am just to be able to…

— Zoe Bell

Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.

— David Duchovny

I'm not really attracted to action sequences, because my experience is that it's quite a slow process to shoot them, and often we're not…

— Ewan McGregor

I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.

— Gary Busey