I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.
I'm a huge fan of anything Ed Brubaker does. A lot of his 'Daredevil' stuff. A lot of his creator-owned stuff, too. His 'Criminal stuff,' I'm really into.
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
I do all my own stunts!
I really love Evel Knievel, what he stood for.
Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.
I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.
They call me Fearless Felix.
I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.
I'm going to live forever, or die trying !
I've been sky-diving three times. I would go right now if someone told me the plane was about to take off. I love it. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I don't want to go bungee-jumping.
Danger could be my middle name... But it's John.
I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.
My friends have named me the person they least want to do extreme adventures with, because I always seem to be very close to being part of a disaster. If a cat has nine lives, I think I've used a few.
One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.
Yeah, I'm a physical kind of guy. I've always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really say, 'Look, we don't want you to do this. No, no, I'm serious, you're not going to do this' to get me not to do my stuff.
People want somebody to be a daredevil, even if they're not going to be a daredevil themselves.
You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
It was said Daredevil grew up in Hell's Kitchen, an amazing name for a neighbourhood. But that opened a Pandora's box of all the crime stuff I wanted to do. I borrowed liberally from Will Eisner's 'The Spirit' and turned 'Daredevil' into a crime comic.
'Daredevil's a great show; I feel like 'Jessica Jones' is a great show, and I feel like they really are tapping into something.
This is not the story of Elektra from the comics. We're telling the story of 'Daredevil.' In this aspect, the storylines accentuate the sociopathic tendencies in her. The writers wanted to highlight that Elektra is quite manipulative and doesn't seem to have a conscience.
I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.
I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.
Evel Knievel bet me $25,000 I couldn't ride a motorcycle 650 miles from Las Vegas to Twin Falls, Idaho.
