Quotes About Performance

An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.

But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

I have a chef come in every day and prepare my meals. There is no way I could do the stunt work, stay up as late as I have to, or be outside in the heat if I'm eating poorly. That means I can't eat craft services!

As a performer, the more I scare the stunt coordinator, the better.

For a stunt woman, emotions don't matter to the shot. It was easier for me to do my job if I shut all my emotions off.

Actors always ask their directors what their motivation is in this scene or that scene, so I've always had this joke where I ask the director what my motivation is too. As a stunt person your motivation is usually to fall over a bench or something.

I was in Australia in 1983 and did a stunt in a lion's cage.

On 'Black Lightning' I have a stunt double who's a lot younger than me. The fighting style on the show is heavily martial arts-based, and I know boxing; I don't know martial arts. I also have a really bad knee, and he's been doing martial arts since he was 6 years old, so I'm not thinking, 'No, I can do that! I can make that look cool!'

It never occurred to me that being a stunt girl would get me recognized in any way, because the whole purpose of a stunt person is to not be known.

Stunt people are amazing at what they do, but they're not actors.

Obviously, for safety reasons, there's some stuff I can't do, but fighting is more than just about nailing the moves accurately, to sort of pull off the stunt sequence. It's also about bringing emotion to it and character.

It's always a stunt acting opposite Robert Picardo, because you never know what he's going to do.

All stunt men and women are as competitive as I am. They're just not as talented.

Even if an actor might not nail the moves in a way than a stunt person might, I wanted to bring the character of 'Hanna' into everything that she did.

It's the little added bonus of realism that makes the difference between an adequately done stunt and a really convincing one.

I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

I do all my own stunts!

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.

I've got bits falling off me. I'm not made of rubber. That's from film stunts. Every single injury I have is related to a movie. I know that sounds fundamentally embarrassing.

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding.

Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.