Jason Statham Quotes

Definitely it is difficult to maintain the Hollywood stylized action that we had in 'Kick.'

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

What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.

There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences.

Frankly, you cannot match the action in a Bond or a Bourne film. Forget budgets, it needs an expertise which I probably lacked.

The first set I remember was 'Ghostbusters.' It was a scene in which the street erupted. I remember even at seven years old thinking, 'Wow, if you direct a movie, you can break the streets of New York.'

So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.

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

I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.

You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.

Obviously, you know, I am known as an action director, and being a film editor previously had been a great advantage for me as an action director.

I remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.

As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different.

I couldn't do what I did in 'Deadpool' without 'Transporter,' categorically.

I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.

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.

I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.

As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.

I don't look at rushes, or I don't go to the dailies. I don't even really look at playback... unless it's an action scene or a move that I need to do better, something like that.

The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot, you really feel the shot.

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!

I personally think a fight scene is the most cinematic thing you can witness because all the elements of filmmaking come together, you know, with the camera speed changes, editing, make up effects and general smoke and mirrors of trying to make it look like you are hitting someone when you're not. It's filmmaking in it's purest form, I think.

I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you're sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath.