Top 100 Quotes About Action Movies
#1. Hollywood is throwing action movies at me.
Liam Neeson
#3. It is a strange, repetitive feature of action movies that the infuriating go-by-the-rules boss of the maverick hero is almost invariably Black.)
David Graeber
#4. I'd love to work with Tarantino, Scorsese, Sofia Coppola - all of them! I love thrillers and action movies. I love good horror films. I watched them so much when I was younger that I find it impossible to get scared.
Cara Delevingne
#5. I love doing action and stuff; the problem is usually action movies are not that interesting. Also as I get older I feel like there's less opportunities for me.
Willem Dafoe
#6. If anybody knows how to make action movies it's Sly.
Jason Statham
#7. One of my goals is definitely break into film, and I want to do action movies as well.
Derek Theler
#8. Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.
Javier Bardem
#9. A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.
Jason Statham
#10. I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.
Larenz Tate
#11. We haven't done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the '90s, but they failed.
Til Schweiger
#12. I like action movies, even though I think action movies are kind of derided now. But there is something extraordinary about action movies, which is absolutely linked to the invention of cinema and what cinema is and why we love it.
Danny Boyle
#13. I'm a classic movie person. I love action movies, too, but when I grew up I didn't have much action movies.
Bruno Zheng Wu
#14. I love doing action movies, I love pushing myself to the limit.
Kellan Lutz
#15. The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.
Sylvester Stallone
#16. In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.
John Hench
#17. The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that.
Lawrence Kasdan
#18. Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.
Monica Bellucci
#19. Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.
Asia Argento
#20. I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.
Christopher Lambert
#21. For the same reason people watch action movies or game shows, I guess. Mindless entertainment. Not everything has to be Shakespeare, you know. Or Oscar Wilde. It's fun. Like... gilded porn.
Summer Olsen
#22. With action movies, that's just fun stuff for me. That's me being a kid again. Same with 'The Best of Me' and these romantic dramas. It's such a freedom from reality and social constructions. You get to just have fun and play and be in a movie.
Luke Bracey
#23. Action movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations.
Walter Hill
#24. I still like the run and gun action movies and how truly dangerous it can be to make these films.
Megan Fox
#25. I think in a lot of modern action movies, it's hard to see what's going on. Shaky cam ...
Tommy Wirkola
#26. I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all, and get real down and dirty.
Paula Patton
#27. I'm not a fan of action movies. I don't watch many action movies, I don't have a lot of references except for 70s action movies or cinema noir.
Olivier Megaton
#28. Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.
Dolph Lundgren
#29. I would say that since I was nine years old I've always wanted to write and direct horror movies and action movies. There's never been a time in my life where that wasn't all I wanted to do.
Jay Baruchel
#30. I like action movies! Action movies are awesome.
Mackenzie Foy
#31. There's one thing about weights with action movies: Once your muscles get that tight, it's sometimes hard to stop your movement, especially if you're trying to move with some strength, and with the swords in the film ...
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
#32. It's all about the sensuality of movement, every movement you make. That's why I love doing action movies. It's all about movement, dance - even if you're hitting someone in the face. You've got to sell it all with great passion. There's a narrative to the body. It's exactly the same as dance.
DeObia Oparei
#33. For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.
Michelle Williams
#34. I'm shockingly terrible at action movies.
Emma Stone
#35. To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.
Seth Rogen
#36. Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.
Jason Statham
#37. Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.
John McTiernan
#38. I think action movies on the whole have moved more and more into large spectacle, even leaving out super hero movies that seem to me to be more a fantastic science fiction than they are action movies.
Walter Hill
#39. From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
Milla Jovovich
#40. I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and westerns, but also lots of serious movies.
Costa-Gavras
#41. The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
Annette Bening
#42. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with a reputation of being an action guy. That's something I probably try to avoid, but I seem to keep making action movies.
Jai Courtney
#43. I wasn't one of those kids who dreamed of writing novels when I was 8 or 12. I wanted to be a film director. I wanted to make big action movies. I loved movies like 'Die Hard,' 'Predator,' 'Aliens,' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'
Matthew Reilly
#44. One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.
Rebecca Hall
#45. I haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
#46. We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was growing up.
Benedict Wong
#47. One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
Steven Seagal
#48. My wife always hates when I go, 'I just don't love female action movies.' I don't know why. I'll watch them, but I don't run to go and see them.
Channing Tatum
#49. Sexcastle is a perfect mix of homage and comedy, action and irony, loving tribute and hilarious send-up of the great, good, and ungodly-bad action movies of the '80s. I don't remember the last time a debut book hit me this hard. Literally, this book punched me in the face. It's THAT mean.
Matt Fraction
#50. I made a big conscious decision in my life when I was writing all these big action movies and doing different kind of fare but very proud of it, I was finding myself less and less passionate about doing it.
Ric Roman Waugh
#51. I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild, fun action movies and also be allowed to do the dramas. Hopefully, if I'm able to keep that balance, I'd love to always try to do both.
Angelina Jolie
#52. I would like to be in tons of different types of movies and do different things. I like action movies, and with 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman', I got to see a historical movie, too.
Max Charles
#53. Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies!
Matthew Vaughn
#54. I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
Sylvester Stallone
#55. I'm lucky, because I started action movies at the age of 25. Now I'm 47, and I'm still kicking like a mule, and I'm as flexible as before.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
#56. I wanna be in action movies, I wanna be the tough guy ... I wanna scare people.
Richard Schiff
#57. I've always been really into action movies. Since I was little, that was my favorite type of film.
Austin Butler
#59. I like heist movies. I like action movies that set all the elements into one and a chance to do something that comes from a great stable of writing.
Jason Statham
#60. Sarah drops her spent handgun and grabs some crazy-looking lightweight machine gun, the kind of thing I used to believe didn't exist outside of action movies.
"You know how to use that thing?" I ask.
"They all work pretty much the same," she replies. "You just point and click.
Pittacus Lore
#61. 'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.
Kellan Lutz
#63. I think action movies bring more excitement than tears, but I always want to take it to another level. I mean, I think if one appreciates anything in life to a certain degree, it could possibly bring tears to your eyes.
Donnie Yen
#64. We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too.
Roger Ebert
#66. I think the action movies in the 80s and 90s were different. It was a testosterone age. Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone - they fuelled my childhood. But now I don't think I'd like to do just action, I don't enjoy that.
Channing Tatum
#67. I'm kind of a tomboy, so I've always had a soft spot for action movies. I would love to do one of those, doing my own stunts and training.
Cassi Thomson
#68. I love action, so I would really love to get into doing more action movies.
Serinda Swan
#70. Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
Olivier Megaton
#71. I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
Caity Lotz
#72. If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
Adam McKay
#73. Like all kids who want to be in action movies, I want to jump out of a speeding car, shoot guns, slide out the side in slow motion like a John Woo movie.
Dallas Roberts
#74. My name is Rachel Morgan," Al said, mimicking my voice perfectly. "I like black panties, action movies, and being on top.
Kim Harrison
#75. I live in New York City, and I'm making huge action movies. The people that make huge action movies live in L.A., and they're surrounded by other people who make huge action movies. I'm surrounded by people making documentaries!
Doug Liman
#76. I think there's certain things that I know in my head that I enjoy: action movies.
Lucas Till
#77. I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.
Tania Raymonde
#78. You've got all these people making action movies, and they've never been in a life-or-death situation.
Richard Stanley
#79. I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
Jackie Chan
#80. 'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope I to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles.
Channing Tatum
#81. Jeevan's understanding of disaster preparedness was based entirely on action movies, but on the other hand, he'd seen a lot of action movies. He
Emily St. John Mandel
#82. Horror movies travel pretty well anyway. They're like action movies: People overseas can watch them and enjoy them, and they're not so culturally specific in terms of their references, and they can follow a good scary story.
Robert Englund
#83. I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.
Robin Williams
#84. Once you consider the premise that Episodes I through III are not live-action movies with extensive special effects, but rather animated features with a few living actors rotoscoped in, many of the more common critical objections to the movies simply wither away.
David Brin
#85. Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.
Donnie Yen
#86. 3D is quite a lot more advanced in animated movies; for live-action movies we're just taking baby steps, we're just in the beginning.
Ang Lee
#87. Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex things. They just didn't suit my taste, so I thought, 'OK, I have to be brave enough to say no.' And for a while, that hurt me immeasurably in the Hollywood world.
Josh Hartnett
#88. I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.
Jonathan Tropper
#89. I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon.'
Josh Peck
#90. I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff, too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels'.
Drew Barrymore
#91. I've done a lot of action movies, and there has to be a certain amount of emotion in the actual performing of the stunt. It doesn't have to be any particular emotion, but there has to be some life to it, and that's not so easy.
Tom Noonan
#92. I made a few movies in Holland for a lot of TV series. I came to Los Angeles and for the last 10 years, I made a lot of feature films - all kinds of low budget action movies for the studios.
Roel Reine
#93. I've never been interested in action movies. Definitely not interested in sci-fi.
Carrie-Anne Moss
#94. I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.
Kate Beckinsale
#95. I have a lot of things I want to do. I have a lot of fire. I want to do film. I want to do action movies. I want to do period pieces.
Monica Raymund
#96. When you first see MacGruber working on the bomb, in the initial opening credits, that bomb was a replica of the 'Die Hard' bomb. The love runs deep for '80s action movies.
Jorma Taccone
#97. I grew up with comic books and cartoons and action movies. To find myself in the position to do work in these mediums is just an opportunity I couldn't have even asked for. It's just pure luck, really.
Hoon Lee
#98. I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you in their shoes.
Shane Black
#99. I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.
Harrison Ford
#100. The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.
Halle Berry
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