Quotes About Action

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.

I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit surreal but kind of fun. You can play with the whole family.

Never write a book and let it sit on a shelf.

EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FANTASY UNTIL YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE IT A REALITY.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act.

There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.

I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.

The shadow acts on instinct, not reason.

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.

Wizard is as wizard does.

Oh dear…then they must already be on the march! We have to hurry and get to the Hamblings…before nightfall!' - Phillip Celeste from Curse of Ancient Shadows

All you need is one thought and one word. When you learn how to connect them, you can do anything you like.

Postponement: The father of failure.

My father said, 'When in doubt, castle.'

My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.

We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

A man who is afraid will do anything.

Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything.

Never fear your enemies, fear your actions.