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" 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. "

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" You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed. "

" If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll. "

" 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. "

" Spies go undercover. They take on different personas. "

" Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good. "

" There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job. "

" A lot of people don't give their audiences credit. You can leave it a little mysterious. They can think about it. "

" In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. "

" Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. "

" I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "

" We don't want John Wick to retire again; we're glad he's back in the game. We want a sequel or a prequel. There's a lot of fertile ground to cover. "

" 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. "

" Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. "

" Selling art is a lot different than making it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first. "

" Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved. "

" While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. "

" Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers. "

" 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. "

" There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences. "

" There's an arc to an action sequence, and you need to come out the other end knowing your character better, and maybe the story has moved forward in a compelling way. "

" Sometimes, the action genre does get stale. Although I want to go back and see my favorite characters in their tentpoles - and will religiously do that - it's really fun to see breakout ideas and concepts. Let's make some new stories. "

" All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment. "