David Thewlis Quotes

Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action hero and to jump around, running off walls and fighting and having great quippy lines.

You know, the reward for 'Captain America' is amazing. It's always fun to see a giant spectacle film and see the fun stuff - the special effects.

I read H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Sword and Sorcery stuff, Arthurian legend.

King Pellinore that time followed the questing beast.

I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.

As a kid, I sat transfixed watching Ray Harryhausen's '7th Voyage of Sinbad.'

I think you should check out 'Battle: Los Angeles' because it really is a sci-fi movie, but it's not. It's not like anything you've seen before. The best way to describe it is it's a war movie that happens to have aliens as the enemy.

I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup.

I always wanted to do some sort of action film - even a superhero movie - and when 'Lucy' came out, I was like, 'That's what I want to do.'

Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever.

It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless.

Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly 'Bond.'

The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

I am dying to do an action movie. I can do my own stunts; I can do this.

The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.

My first movie was 'The Mask Of Zorro,' and that was all swords and horses and swashbuckling, and I thought, 'This is what movies are.' Obviously, I never made another one like that again; those are very rare.

Sometimes you just wanna go out, see your action movie, be done with it, come home. You know, and, like, you see 'The Matrix' or whatever, you see whatever film it is, and you're like, 'Oh cool,' whatever.

I like high fantasy as much as the next guy, but I also like a bit of grit and grime with my faux-medieval trappings.

I saw 'Predators.' That was pretty good, actually.

I'd like to be in an action movie.

I don't enjoy doing over-the-top action entertainers.

If I can make a dance-based movie like 'ABCD', then I was sure I could make a superhero movie, too.