Dustin Clare Quotes

I want to be able to do more of my own stunts and really be proficient with my weapons.

On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.

I had done a lot of running in 'Texas Chainsaw' and sword-fighting in 'Percy Jackson,' which taught me to fall properly.

I'm fairly comfortable in fight sequences and stuff like that. I've done a few of them. I'm comfortable with that sort of stuff as long as I'm reasonably fit, and it's fun to do actually. I'm like a kid in a toy shop doing that stuff.

There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job.

I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.

For ages, in my lunch hours, I would just go round and choreograph fight scenes. For fun. So now I'm very good at being thrown around. I bounce, in the words of my friends.

But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pulling my stunt woman in, and I'd shoo her away. I'm a black belt in tae kwon do, so I was adamant about doing stuff myself.

In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines.

'Vikings' is a very physical, tough show. If you see battle scenes, it's us doing it. There are so many similar physical elements to WWE.

Everyone realizes when it comes to fight scenes, that's gonna be my wheelhouse.

Working with Jean-Claude is a lot of fun. Because he's a great actor who also happens to be a fighter. That combination doesn't usually come together anymore. Usually, you have to fight the stunt double and then act against the actor. In his case, you are fighting with a real guy. It takes a minute to get used to that. Because it doesn't happen any more.

[In acting] I like the fight scenes because you don't have to remember lines.

Even though they use stunt doubles, I learn the whole thing, in case maybe they put me in. I'm enjoying it so much. It's so fun, with explosions and shooting. It's cool. I'm 38, but it's like being a child.

The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you're throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That's just fun.

Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders.

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

I would love to do my own stunts, but stunts are not something I have a lot of experience with.

Jen Murray, my stunt person, is totally comfortable getting thrown into a cabinet and onto the ground or getting hit by a car. I, on the other hand, am not. Nor would it look great on film, so she does it.

You cannot expect to make an action movie without getting bruises.

The one thing I try to do is bring something to my fight scenes that no other film fighter could ever do.

I always loved stage combat at drama school so I can't wait to get on set and kick some evil monsters into the next dimension!