Kristanna Loken Quotes

I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.

I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if Matt Damon's character fell in love with a girl with a real butt?' They were like, 'Yeah sure, sure - here's your personal trainer.'

Before I starred in 'Million Dollar Baby,' I wasn't really a boxer. I just worked hard to learn as much as I could before we were there on set.

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in a room with another director.

I can't not work - I love acting.

When someone says 'Action,' you just get on with it and hope that that is translated onto the screen for other people to see. All you can ever do is work as hard as you can on it and make sure you're doing your job.

If you paid me $2 million, I'm sure I could lose my belly. But I don't get paid to look a certain way. I get paid to win fights. That's what I concentrate on.

Our goal is, train harder and more physical than any program in the country.

I'm definitely a reps guy. I'm definitely a mental guy, so when I'm out there and I get the opportunity to practice, it means the world to me.

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

In the theater, you get very close with everyone, and you have to because you're with each other all the time. I respect it. It's a challenge, but it's very worth the hard work.

The only thing that I can contribute as director is to work with the performers in a way that brings out the drama.

I don't want to ever look cheap on screen and want my viewers to squirm in their seats when they see me in such a scene. I'd rather wow them with my physique.

Behind every great athlete is a masterful coach that inspires the athlete to evolve into the strongest performer they can become.

My young face keeps me in the running for youthful roles. If my face is going to look 22 then so should my body.

My oomph factor helped me enter B-town. I have a naturally gifted body.

I work really hard on every character and do everything in order to make it look authentic.

Film is a collaborative medium, and I very much enjoy that.

I still recall how nervous I was when I went for the recording of 'Guzarish'… When I reached the studio, all of them were there - Rahman, Aamir Khan, lyricist Prasoon Joshi and director A.R. Murugadoss.

Jon Gruden just wants you to come to work, work hard and produce on Sundays. He's not really too much worried about babysitting or holding somebody's hand.

I have a good supporting staff around me and good teammates encouraging me every single day to perform on the field and to perform in training and I set high standards for myself as well knowing that Bayern Munich is one of the best teams in the world.

Football is all about self-confidence.

When I am on a set and I am working, I am almost near-obsessive about it. I love the process.

There was a time when I used to enter the film studios in the morning and come out only at night.

I always enjoy shooting for all my films.