Quotes About Action

Obviously, 'Fast' has been a big part of my life.

Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.

My films have always been considered the benchmark in action. I have a big responsibility to shoulder.

If you don't do your part, don't blame God.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

'Rise Up' is very necessary. Point blank.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.

I grew up on R-rated action films, and you didn't blink.

I don't think you just can put people on the starting block and then wait... for the next Ebola-like epidemic. I think that you need somehow a small-capacity response who's going to run the first few kilometers of the marathon.

Part of me wanted something bloody and really fun.

The older I get, as well, bloody hell - time's running out. I just feel, jeez, there's so much to do. I'm not going to try to change the planet but make changes just in a small way.

Let's blow some stuff up.

The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.

I just love movies where they blow stuff up, in your face, and it's so excited and cool.

If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.

When I was 14, I saw 'Terminator 2.' My mind was blown. What a beautiful movie. I found it really deep and also so entertaining.

I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.

We need to stop saying we can't rock this boat when it needs to be rocked.

Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do.

Sometimes it boils down to a move or two and that makes all the difference.

The climate crisis is upon us, and its effects will only become more apparent in the years to come. We need to both adapt to this reality and continue to take bold action to fight it.

I want to do a good, high-tech-commercial-action film. Something along the lines of Bollywood's 'Dhoom.'