Zoe Bell Quotes

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

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.

The stunt team were great on 'Defiance.' They were there, every day.

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.

So there was always a stunt coordinator on those films that was from Stunts Unlimited and I was just one of the young warriors from Stunts Unlimited that got to be a part of it because it was a big show and they needed a lot of guys.

I do some of my stunts for the things I have learned. But if it is for something I have never learned, then I use a double.

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

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

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

It never occurred to me that being a stunt girl would get me recognized in any way, because the whole purpose of a stunt person is to not be known.

As a stunt girl I've done most varieties of female fight action.

Stunt people are amazing at what they do, but they're not actors.

I was a stuntman for over fifteen years.

When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.

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

I don't get a chance to do many of my own stunts on 'Buffy' - none of us do. We have amazing stunt people who make us all look really believable and really good.

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

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'm actually doing more stunts for 'Maze Runner' than I did for 'Insurgent.'

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

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.

As far as I know, there is only one other director who was a stuntman - guy named Chuck Bail who directed 'Gumball Rally.' Doing stunts isn't exactly a common path to directing.

I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'

I've always wanted to do stunts for films and television, and I'm doing exactly that. I'm glad it is my job, but I've said it before that I'd probably do it for free.