Action Quote by William Friedkin

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's…

— Dwayne Johnson

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

I can understand how technologically advanced action has become in our movies, but unless there is emotion or a strong story, it doesn't work.…

— Sajid Khan

I strongly believe that besides having good action, action-oriented films need to have a good baseline for the script.

— Sajid Khan

If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it…

— Justin Cronin

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go…

— Doug Liman

I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token, action sequences are great to do. They have their own…

— Stephen Lang

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The…

— Tony Goldwyn

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

— Jason Statham

There have been a lot of amazing action games that, perhaps, the focus is on cinematics or story or even how the camera works…

— Hideaki Itsuno

I'm just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it's amazing to…

— Adam McKay

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

— Guy Pearce