Katrina Law Quotes

I've always been athletic and a dancer, so I love doing fight choreography.

I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.

I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.

I love doing fight scenes. I've been a dancer since I was 3 years old, so I think that helped me with the movements.

You learn these little tricks for stage fighting, which are really tiny and you wouldn't think of them, but it makes all the difference in the world. I love it!

I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.

I have stage combat training from college, which is drastically different than fighting for the screen, but I do enjoy that kind of stuff.

I always loved stage combat at drama school so I can't wait to get on set and kick some evil monsters into the next dimension!

The interesting thing about film fighting is that it's very different to the kind of fighting we do in pro wrestling.

I am absolutely desperate to do an action movie. And not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but I actually think I'm good at it. I did it all. I was really into the routines and the choreography. I used to dance when I was younger, and so I think that came in handy.

[In acting] I like the fight scenes because you don't have to remember lines.

I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything.

I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

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

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.

For ages, in my lunch hours, I would just go round and choreograph fight scenes. For fun. So now I'm very good at being thrown around. I bounce, in the words of my friends.

Dancing for the length of time that I did, it centered me in such a way to be really in tune with my body, and I just feel like I'm physically able to do things because of my ballet background. Without ballet, I don't think I'd look graceful at all on screen.

I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts for years and, you know, I'm very active physically; I used to be a circus performer.

I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. That's double happiness.

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've done a lot of fight scenes, and I always find that it's better that they be meticulously choreographed. You want them to look as real as possible, but you don't want anyone to get hurt. So I believe in really working it out in rehearsal, and when you get to the set, just go for it 100 percent.

There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.

I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

I'm not anymore because I haven't kept up with my certification, but I was a certified actor combatant in rapier, dagger, hand-to-hand, and quarterstaff.