Zoe Bell Quotes

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

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

The art of stunt-making is not about falling down; it's about getting the shot. Creating stunts is creating heroes.

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

I'll make every movement as mine, and use stuntmen as less as possible.

I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

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 worked as a stuntman on the 'Star Trek' TV series pilot.

There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.

For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

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

And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie.

I love the physical roles. I have the utmost respect for stunt people and stunt doubles, but I like to do as much as I possibly can with what's become some pretty significant training.

You know, there was not much wire work for any of us actors to do because the extent of what they did was so huge. I mean, they wouldn't just throw you from this table to that wall.

I do most of my own stunts because the stunt guys show me how.

Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.

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

I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.

I would like to be able to do as many of my own stunts where I can.

I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.

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

I hope to be remembered for mentoring the future generation of stuntmen and fighting for the rights and respect that stuntmen and stuntwomen deserve for their contribution to the world of moviemaking.

As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.