Quotes About Technique

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.

It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

I observed how a man does action sequences and then adapted it for myself. As a woman, the way I perform the stunts will be different from the way a man does it.

Everybody has their own way and signature style to play the game.

That is my style of play, my strength: hold up, playing with my back to goal.

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable.

People who like boxing like my style.

I just want to hone in on how I like to fight rather than just keep exploring new styles and new martial arts.

As everyone in boxing knows, styles makes fights.

It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story.

I use vinegars to deglaze saute pans for sublime sauces.

I have a great jiu-jitsu game and I'm awesome at submissions.

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

I don't take a guy down just to hold him, I look for damage and submissions.

My jiu-jitsu style is not a beautiful style. I have very simple submissions. It works, but it's not like Demian Maia or Nick Diaz's very exciting style.

I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.

I've finished fights from my feet, I've finished fights with my ground-and-pound, and I've finished fights from my back with a submission, from top with submission. You name it, and I've finished a fight that way.

I've knocked people out from the clinch. I've submitted people from armbars, Kimura, last-second armbars. I've knocked people out with one-hand punch.

There were a couple times with close-ups where I tended to overact. I would use more of my face than I needed to. I learned how to be more subtle.

Wrestling is difficult - it is not just about doing moves and running around, and creating high spots. It's so much more subtle than that.

I think a lot of fans don't know MMA that well. They don't understand the subtleties.

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.