Quotes About Action

Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.

Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

What is a scene? It's a segment of story action, written moment-by-moment, without summary, presented onstage in the story "now." It is not something that goes on inside a character's head; it is physical. It could be put on the theater stage and acted out. What is the pattern of a scene? Fundamentally, it is: Statement of goal. Introduction and development of conflict. Failure of the character to reach his goal, a tactical disaster.

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

Focus on remedies, not faults

deep regret, "none of this would ever have happened.

Even the little bit that must be known will block easy entry to the story if it delays the action line. The secret, Hunter Thompson said, is to "blend, blend, blend." You launch action immediately and then blend the exposition into it, submerging it in modifiers, subordinate clauses, appositives, and the like.

The courage to act is always preceded by the light of faith.

Remember, courage isn't the absence of fear, it is the ability to act in spite of the feeling of fear.

Standing has the added benefit of making people uncomfortable. As a result, it tends to focus people's minds and move them to action that much faster.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.

Effective people know when to stop assessing and make a tough call, even without total information. Little is worse than a manager who can't cut bait.

Being in love we create love, being in hate we create hate, and, the image of the universe being in ourselves, the love or hate we create acts equally upon us. This is the great pragmatism of Magick.

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

I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.

I've choreographed all of my movies.

I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.

There's a formula to my films-people expect certain things out of a Jackie Chan film-but within those expectations, I want to give people a shock

I'm not young anymore. I'm really, really tired. And the world is too violent right now. It's a dilemma - I like action but I don't like violence.

How did you do all those dangerous stunts, jumping off rooftops and over cliffs?' I said, 'Oh, that's even simpler. It's just rolling, action, jump, cut, hospital!

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.