Quotes About Action

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.

The thing with '24' is that because it moves so much, it's a challenge, and sometimes things get revealed about these characters as you go.

If you know how to shoot a scene, then you know how to shoot an action scene. If you've seen an action movie, and you watched it, and you paid attention to how scenes are constructed and where the camera is and how the camera moves, then you know how to do it.

People who feel under-appreciated sometimes make desperate moves.

I've always thought that there is a great female James Bond movie to be done. I'm not literally calling her Jane Bond, I mean, but a female secret agent.

I see the first 'Bourne' movie as really kind of a fulcrum in changing the modern action film, where things are really gritty and really character-driven. Think about how the entire Bond franchise was completely radicalized by Bourne.

When I was making 'Bourne Identity,' I wasn't making a dumb action movie like they were expecting it to be.

I love being on a movie set.

I definitely didn't have any dreams of grandeur or dreams of becoming an action movie star.

I don't think I am an action movie star now; I've just done a couple of action movies! I'm just so respectful of the people that have come before me and the hard work they've put in.

I can't sit on my bum very long in a movie theater seat, and when I'm directing, I always want to move the camera or edit.

I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.

I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes.

You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

As long as I'm here living and breathing, I'm going to be moving.

Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.

I'm moving around; doing stuff. I can walk. I can even run.

If I am not moving I get bored very easily.

You want to be busy and try and get the scoreboard moving, and showing that intent when you go out there is important.

That's part of show business: the moving.

We've got to get things done. We've got an economy that is stabilized, but not moving ahead.

I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos.

Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.

So little done, so much to do.