David R. Ellis Quotes

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

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

And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie.

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 a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

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

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.

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

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.

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

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

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

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

No actor does all his own stunts, no matter what he says.

I was a stuntman for over fifteen years.

I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women.

When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.

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 was a stunt man for 35 years.

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.

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.

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.