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Quotes About Stunt

Though hot sauce preferences are personal, I'm pretty open to all styles. All except stunt sauces, that is - you know, sauces that are primarily designed to test your machismo.
~ J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Life is a publicity stunt. A shill. You've been had.
~ Kate Millett
I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
~ David Blaine
I could jump out of this window feet first, which would be the safe way. But the way I'd do it would be to use a ramp, get a running start, dive through head first and maybe throw in a little roll at the end. Doing it that way makes it more spectacular.
~ Hal Needham
In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.
~ Evel Knievel
I had the opportunity to go cast for a Hollywood film that was filming in Thailand called 'Mortal Kombat 2.' Out of 100 people, I was cast to be the stunt double for Robin Shou.
~ Tony Jaa
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.
~ Judy Greer
All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
~ Evel Knievel
Work wise, as a stunt woman, I enjoy telly - or TV - because - and, as an actor - I kind of enjoy the urgency of it. I enjoy the problem-solving that's happening. Right now, we don't have time to rehearse for hours. And, if something goes wrong, we don't have time to shoot something else for four days until we sort it out.
~ Zoe Bell
I woke up in my apartment one day, about seven years ago and I thought, I'll do the Knievel rocket jump.'
~ Mike Hughes
I had a stunt double for 'The Bronze.' She's literally the most amazing human being I've ever seen. She's NCAA women's gymnastics champion. She was incredible. I would poke her thighs, and my nail would break because it was like poking a rock.
~ Haley Lu Richardson
At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.
~ Rob Gronkowski
The case of tennis player has got nothing to do with covid vaccination, but it is a publicity stunt and indirect promotion of french open
~ Assem Barua
Jen Murray, my stunt person, is totally comfortable getting thrown into a cabinet and onto the ground or getting hit by a car. I, on the other hand, am not. Nor would it look great on film, so she does it.
~ Amanda Schull
Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt.
~ Tony Randall
The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.
~ David Leitch
I once said that CGI makes you less inventive. At the time I was bemoaning the loss of the practical stunt. If a stunt can be done practically and safely, I'd rather do it old-style.
~ Steven Spielberg
My directors feel that, because of my height, I look better in action sequences.
~ Varun Tej
The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.
~ Christopher McQuarrie
Tim Miller's idea of Colossus was to be bigger and stronger than everyone else, so for the motion capture, they needed an extremely tall man. I'm 6-foot-4, but he wanted Colossus to be over 7 feet, so they used a stunt double to recreate his height, and he did very good job there.
~ Stefan Kapicic
Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
~ Maggie Grace
Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call.
~ Louise Brooks
Goblin, that was a dumb stunt. - It sure was. Made me feel forty years younger.
~ Glen Cook
The ALS ice bucket challenge was really the most brilliant publicity stunt of 2014, and it has brought worldwide awareness for a barely-known disease.
~ Yolanda Hadid