Nadine Velazquez Quotes

'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized for glamorizing violence, because, look - sunglasses and those long coats, and, of course, they could walk up walls and do all these kinds of things that are impossible in the real world.

The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something.

I was really young, like nine, when I saw the first 'Terminator', and I was amazed by the world they created, and everything James Cameron did.

I loved 'The Matrix,' so when they asked me to do some animation relating to it, I was thrilled.

Well, 'Terminator', it's just such an iconic movie in movie history. It's universal. I think it's part of the pop culture of the world.

The sets were incredible. You would walk in at 6 in the morning, and we were really living in 'Blade Runner.'

When I was 14, I saw 'Terminator 2.' My mind was blown. What a beautiful movie. I found it really deep and also so entertaining.

People tell me I'm in a genre kind of movie, but it never crossed my mind that The Matrix was genre. To me it was about, for me anyway, my character, I had this rock outside my door which said "faith" or "believe" or something, and I remember felt like that was my key into her, into Trinity. It was like she was the heart of it.

I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film.

A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream. I was in a helicopter firing a machine gun at Piers Brosnan escaping on a motorbike.

I've always loved the Bond pictures. I have watched every single one. Movies don't get bigger or better than Bond, so I knew this was my opportunity to do a massive action picture with outrageous stunts.

I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie.

I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

Since I was a kid I've wanted to be in a Bond movie.

'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements.

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.'

Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.

I like to go and watch 'Blade Runner,' which made no sense but which I loved going into that world. I think people loved going into the world of 'Dune' with all of its problems.

'Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again.

I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.

I'd like to do an action film like Angelina Jolie's 'Salt.'

I can remember exactly where I was when I saw 'The Matrix' for the first time.

It's just the absolute bomb. Ghost in the Shell was really good, it's a little bit more recent.

I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.

Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. It's the cross pollination of 'The Bourne Identity' and 'James Bond;' that kind of style of filmmaking.