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" All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment. "
Day
End Of The Day
End
" A lot of people don't give their audiences credit. You can leave it a little mysterious. They can think about it. "
People
Mysterious
Credit
" As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity. "
Great
Opportunity
Jump
" As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first. "
First
Filmmaker
Collaborator
" As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. "
Action
Director
Shoot
" As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. "
Talking
Stunt
Become
" Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved. "
Lot
You
Story
" Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. "
Coming
Kind
Always
" Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours. "
Hockey
War
Safe
" Every movie you attack has its challenges, and I was excited about the challenges presented by 'Deadpool.' I was a huge fan of the original, and I think, as a director, you have to put the script first. "
Attack
Challenges
Think
" Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those are just the movements for the choreography. You're working with a partner in choreography. You're working on timing. "
Partner
Arts
You
" Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers. "
You
Why
Art
" Friends who are directors like Jim Mangold or the Wachowskis or Zack Snyder - who, whether they know or not - have really left a mark on who I am as a director. "
Like
Friends
I Am
" Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room, you know they're that character. That is something you can't teach an actor; that's something that's luck and chance. "
Walk
Chance
Character
" I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional. "
Process
Character
Fight
" If you have John Goodman in your movie, you want to use him as much as possible. "
Much
Him
Want
" If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll. "
Trying
Suits
Rock And Roll
" I look at the action scenes as placeholders when I arrive on a script, knowing that I'm going to expand on them when I understand the constraints of the movie, the locations of where we're shooting, the abilities of the actors, and where we want to go with the characters. "
Want
Action
Knowing
" I'm a fan of the sensibility of comics, and I love the escapism of them and the defining of good and evil. They're just so creative, too. "
Evil
Love
Fan
" In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. "
Vehicles
Stunt
Different
" I think, as a choreographer and an action designer, you're constantly giving your characters problems to overcome. That's what makes it fun for choreography. But it also makes it fun for the audience to see them solve those puzzles and how they are as a human being. "
Action
Fun
Giving
" I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this universe. "
Think
Franchise
Good
" I think the biggest thing you take from the stunt world is your understanding of the filmmaking process. For years, you've worked with every other department closely. You know hair, makeup, wardrobe, special effects, and you know what everybody's needs are and their expectations. You also know how to collaborate with them. "
Makeup
World
Think
" I think what's really important is to challenge yourself. You can very easily fall into the rut of, 'We know it works! We'll use that old chestnut.' "
Know
Fall
Challenge
" It's called 'John Wick' - it's really about this guy's very simple journey. We just didn't want to clutter it. It's gratifying it in its own right, in its simplicity. "
Journey
Want
Simplicity
" I've been doing second unit for years, which is sort of like directing mini movies. Now that I'm directing entire films, it's really just more of everything. There are a lot more questions that need answers. "
Need
Now
Doing
" I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "
Career
Different
Fortunate
" Music emotionally and psychologically transports you immediately. "
Immediately
Emotionally
Music
" Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn't work either. "
Live
World
Treat
" People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling. "
Industry
People
Movies
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