Gwendoline Christie Quotes

If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right.

The craziest thing I've probably done during a show is the balcony dive - it was pretty scary. I was like, 'This could result in an injury of mine,' but somehow I survived.

The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass' movie, I know that I'm going to wind up with at least two broken bones. I don't know when it's going to happen, but you can't contemplate how you're going to fall and what's going to happen.

I always do my own stunts, as much as possible. I'm a little stubborn about it.

I like being able to do all of my own stunts. I appreciate stunt guys and what they do and, of course, the time and the effort that they put in, but for me, I'm young. You only live once, so to be able to do all your own stunts, train, become a real fighter... I feel like I can hold my own.

To be a stunt person you kind of have to have a screw loose like you do in wrestling.

Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action – the stunts. If they take that away from you, it’s a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But I’m an old gymnast. I know how to survive.

It's a lot harder to break bones in golf than motocross. But that made me fearless in a way.

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations.

If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy.

We did some cool wire work in 'The Pact' - they had me strapped to a harness underneath my shirt so they could fling me around the house and slam me into doors. I definitely got some bruises even with all the padding!

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

I do all my own stunts!

I love doing all of my own stunts. Anything. Even if they are telling me, 'No, no, no! You can't do that!' I'll do it. Like crashing my car through the gate, climbing up the building, kicking in a window... I love doing all of that stuff.

I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.

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

Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.

I don't like taking physical risks at all. I take a lot of emotional risks, and I don't feel like I need to get on a bike or a horse or jump off of anything ever.

I wanted to be a stuntman. I've done stunts since I was 11, and wanted to be able to do them whatever kind of work I ended up in. I've had a horse roll on me, but luckily, everything stayed intact.

The studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it.

I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt myself, but then one time, I landed on my elbow.

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

I broke my jaw jumping, and I broke my back and my neck in the downhill. This is normal for me.

I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.