Joo Won Quotes

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

Having been a stunt girl for so long, a big part of my job, when being a stunt double, was to not just make the other person look as cool as they could, but also to act as support.

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

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

You know, there was not much wire work for any of us actors to do because the extent of what they did was so huge. I mean, they wouldn't just throw you from this table to that wall.

There's a dance that happens with you and that's why I really like doing it with stunt men, because they know how to dance generally better than actors do. It is choreography and if you aren't used to doing it things can go wrong.

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

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.

The art of stunt-making is not about falling down; it's about getting the shot. Creating stunts is creating heroes.

Fight scenes are like learning a dance. You learn it move by move, and then you put it all together and it looks awesome when you edit it together. It's great!

War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.

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

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

I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.

I worked as a stuntman on the 'Star Trek' TV series pilot.

I watch a lot of television and I watch a lot of film and I hate when you watch the action sequences - and I always tell when they use a stunt man - and then they put the actor in and you can tell these actors haven't done anything.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

The thing is, when we do fight scenes, when we kill people in the movies, they bring in experts to choreograph it bit by bit, because you can't really kill someone, and you don't want to really hurt them.

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding.

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

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.

For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film.

Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.

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