Pilou Asbaek Quotes

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

I'm an athlete; I've got an ego when stunt doubles have to come in. Not an ego like that, but when it comes to physical stuff, if I didn't have to have a stunt double, I would always probably do it myself unless the producers were jumping in and stopping me.

I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.

I do all my own stunts!

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

I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man.

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.

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

All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

Danger is cool.

The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick things that I'm going to live through. I don't want to die, and I'm relatively cautious. I play with that line all the time. I want things that are very exciting, so much so that they can feel almost spiritual.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

For me, one of the things that I get excited about is getting in situations I shouldn't be in.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

I like walking on the edge.

I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.

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

I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

I like living on the edge.

If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.

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.

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly. On set I was like, 'Give me some stunts! Give me whatever you want. Throw it at me. I want to do it all.'

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.