Approach Quote by Justin Lin

What I have to outline is action and plot because I'm not particularly good at that.

— Janet Evanovich

I'd be more interested in doing a smaller, character driven thing, rather than another action picture.

— Sigourney Weaver

I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do

— Taylor Lautner

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

— Steve Buscemi

Character, story and plot are affected by any action sequence so you have to really design them accordingly.

— Kari Skogland

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.

— Jan de Bont

An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a…

— Shane Black

I've always been very strong minded on character-based fights and character-based action. If you take the character out of the action and you just…

— Wade Eastwood

I'd love to do action now because I am training in mixed martial arts, so I am basically looking towards action-oriented films.

— Pooja Batra

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between…

— Robert Duvall

The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those…

— David Leitch

The stuff I'm designing, I want my action scenes to be intense.

— James Wan