Sam Hargrave Quotes

I'm actually doing more stunts for 'Maze Runner' than I did for 'Insurgent.'

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

When I came in, Westerns were the big thing, so I did horse falls, transfers, bulldogs, big fights. That's where you could really shine if you were really good at it. But then all the Westerns stopped, and I was capable of doing car stunts, motorcycle stunts and high falls. I could do it all.

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 always wanted to be a stuntman. If acting went well and I was able to take a year out, I might train and get on the stunt register, which gives you qualifications so you can do more of your own stunts.

It never occurred to me that being a stunt girl would get me recognized in any way, because the whole purpose of a stunt person is to not be known.

I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

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.

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

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.

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 did do my own stunts.

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.

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

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

In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines.

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.

I've not done the Jackie Chan kind of stunts.

I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'

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.

I stepped away from stunts and into acting right around when stunt people started getting put into motion-capture stuff.

Stunt people are amazing at what they do, but they're not actors.

My whole life I've actually been training to be a stunt man without realising it. I've always loved extreme sports, and I now I get paid for it.