Javier Bardem Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I hope to be remembered for mentoring the future generation of stuntmen and fighting for the rights and respect that stuntmen and stuntwomen deserve for their contribution to the world of moviemaking.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

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

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.