Lorenzo di Bonaventura Quotes

I've got bits falling off me. I'm not made of rubber. That's from film stunts. Every single injury I have is related to a movie. I know that sounds fundamentally embarrassing.

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

Having been a stunt girl for so long, a big part of my job was to not just make the other person look as cool as they could, but also to act as a support. My job was to make them as safe as they could be, so that they could be as explosive and as emotionally engaged as they could be.

Vic Armstrong is, of course, a legend

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

To do all your own stunts, you have to be so strong.

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

I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.

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

I need to be agile because I do all my own stunts.

Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

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

I was a stunt man for 35 years.

I did do my own stunts.

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman.

After university, I went into film. I started out making tea, managed a brief stint as an assistant director, then found myself writing a screenplay. In the end, I wrote quite a few - but by January 2006, I wanted out.

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.

Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking.

I did nothing but theater until, I guess, '99. I was all the way through college the first time that I had stepped in front of a camera. And it's weird; it's definitely a transition.

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

I always wanted to be a stuntman. If acting went well and I was able to take a year out, I might train and get on the stunt register, which gives you qualifications so you can do more of your own stunts.

If you're gonna do action movies, you're gonna get an injury at some point. It's inevitable.

When you do an action movie, you've got to come prepared to do an action movie.

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest.