Christopher McQuarrie Quotes

I feel with 'Don 2' I got an opportunity to do a very good action with the kind of pace that I would like an action film to have.

The first time I re-discovered the joy of watching an action movie was when I saw 'Die Hard.' It was a completely simple plot - a guy goes to meet his wife, and the building gets taken over by terrorists - but I was completely blown away. Great characters, and it moved along really fast.

I'm doing something called 'Olivia Twisted,' that will start next year. There may be something in between, but right now, that's the one that I'm slated to do next year. That's a very ultra-modern version of 'Oliver Twist,' and it's female-driven. It's an action film, and it's kind of dark and gritty.

Seriously, if people tune in and watch 'Falling Skies,' they will see a show that will excite them, move them, and will leave them wanting more!

I would say that my favorite action film is the 'Die Hard's. They're kind of perfect, I think.

I've always played the guy with the gun and the knife. That's how many actors start out, playing the bad guy.

I'm looking to do an action film where I can run with my shirt off and a gun in my hand; and do like a 'Taken' role and get up on one knee and kill the bad guy.

I have two dream roles: One would be a biopic of someone I admire and respect and the other one would be some sort of action drama film similar to a 'Bourne Identity.' I just really want to do an intelligent action drama film.

'Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller.

I would really like to do a straight action movie that's hardcore - heavy action, like 'The Expendables' or 'Fast Five.'

I wish I'd made 'Warrior,' and I wish I'd made 'Drive.'

I didn't even know how to judge 'Die Hard 1.' It's not anything I know how to judge. I'd never seen an action movie. I'd never seen a Sly Stallone movie or an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie or a Charles Bronson movie. And that is the truth.

I have a real taste for doing action roles. I starred in a movie called 'Blast,' which was my first action film, and I loved the fighting - I think I've got the build, the attitude and the look for it.

When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.

When I was making 'Bourne Identity,' I wasn't making a dumb action movie like they were expecting it to be.

I remember I would always joke among my friends about a remake of 'Point Break'. I would say, 'You know what? Whenever there's a remake of 'Point Break', I'm going to do it.'

The promise of an action movie to a certain audience is not a bad thing.

Me and my comedy writer friends talk a lot about how we love 'Die Hard,' but we'll never be able to write 'Die Hard.'

I would love to do an action film. In college, I have played a lot of aggressive characters.

I don't think I've ever been called up for an action film with a male lead - which is a shame. I'd love to take on Bond.

I would love to be the lead in an action movie. I would love to be like Emily Blunt in 'Edge of Tomorrow.'

The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.

I love 'Die Hard,' man. It's the best.

I want to do a good, high-tech-commercial-action film. Something along the lines of Bollywood's 'Dhoom.'

An action movie, a sci-fi action movie, would be my favourite thing in the world to do.