Juliana Harkavy 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.

On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

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.

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've not done the Jackie Chan kind of stunts.

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

There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.

I admit that I've been beaten up so many times in films, but we do not fake it - we actually have to fight when we shoot to make it real and to save film and time. Even the props that are not real, like the bats are plastic, but they're still very hard, so it still hurts.

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me.

I would like to be able to do as many of my own stunts where I can.

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.

Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders.

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.

Timing is a big part of stunt work and fighting scenes. It's something you learn in WWE, especially when they are really character-driven fights.

As much as they'll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

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'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

I have a stunt double. His name is Glen Levy, and he has the hardest punch in the world. Seriously - it's actually been recorded by National Geographic. He calls it the Hammer Fist. And he's my stunt double! He makes me look awesome.

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.