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

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" You have to make bold choices to be noticed. "

" As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. "

" If you have John Goodman in your movie, you want to use him as much as possible. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" People want to be empowered to the point where they can thwart their enemies physically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Shooting a fight is like shooting any other scene. You have to tell a story using a very specific choreography. "

" 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. "

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

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

" You can sometimes break rules in comics that you can't necessarily break in cinema. It's fun to find something cool in a comic and then try and find a way to break the same rule in another medium. "

" Music emotionally and psychologically transports you immediately. "

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

" The DNA of 'Deadpool' shouldn't change. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You know, the 'Atomic Blonde' universe is its own universe. There's influences obviously of Bond and Bourne and 'Wick,' all the things I've been exposed to, but it is its own universe. "

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

" The character of Cable is complex. "

" 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. "

" 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. "