Quotes About Action

The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through 10 minutes of exposition.

Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.

Ending extreme poverty is possible.

If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.

The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it is about the actions you take as the leader of your business.

We must get all the facts on the table, and then determine where we go.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

The failures are the people who never get off their bums.

I don't think you ever really know what all you're doing, so you have to act on faith.

It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.

Our nation's leaders are fallible. It is therefore time for us to be our own heroes. We can and must be the leaders that are so desperately needed.

Our democracy is falling apart - we can't just let that happen.

It's amazing to play a character that gets to do everything - to have the action moment, have the really emotional moment, have the really fun, sweet, falling in love moment.

Energy conservation is a responsibility that falls on every country and individual.

You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly.

When the ball falls to you, you have to put it in.

I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.

It's great for people who like the teamwork and that also like the commando style, and that's why I think 'Call of Duty' is so successful.

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

People always complain that superhero movies end with a big fight scene where they're tearing up a city, and there's a portal opening up, and they have to close it... I wanted to have a climactic scene that subverted those familiar ideas.