Quotes About Action

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind.

I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes.

I'm not going to work outside of genre. It's going to be horror, action, or sci-fi. I don't ever really see myself being interested in movies outside of that.

I'm not a director to make an action or horror film. That's not for me.

With the exception of 'Descent,' that was a very conscious thing to make an action or horror movie that was an all-female cast because I hadn't seen anything like that before.

If you're going to make a horror movie, it doesn't get any better than 'Alien,' and if you're going to make an action movie, it really doesn't get any better than 'Aliens.'

I love horror, sci-fi and action, or I wouldn't make these kinds of movies, but those designations are Trojan horses to make these personal comedies.

I've never done an action show, really. On 'Jericho,' other people got to ride horses and shoot guns, but I never did.

If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.

Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is something you fancy doing you should have a go and see how far you get.

I've definitely learned that if you really want something, just go for it, no matter how much it scares you.

Anyone can change the world however they want for the better!

For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I'm a huge fan of.

I was a huge fan of the original Red Dawn. America and brothers, you can't beat that in my world. I think there's nothing greater.

When you go to pick your kids up from school, cars are lined up idling for anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Starting a 'no idling' rule in your school carpool lane could have a huge impact.

I know that human beings are capable of anything.

The human race only ever realises how serious things are when it's at your door.

It is one thing to be against unilateralism and against nonhumanitarian interventionism - but it is quite another thing to be against humanitarian interventionism.

Humanitarian action cannot be held hostage to political ends.

I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.

We can't take climate change and put it on the back burner. If we don't address climate change, we won't be around as humans.