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

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" 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. "

" 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 filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The vehicle-stunt world is so specialized. But when you spend so long in it as a stunt coordinator, you're exposed to all the disciplines, so it's always fun to combine the two ideas - a car chase and a fight scene - and make something more dynamic. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The character of Cable is complex. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

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

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

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

" You always start a fight scene or an action scene with, 'What are we learning about this character at the moment, and how are we gonna arc him or her in the next three minutes,' and it's no different with 'Deadpool' or 'Atomic Blonde' or 'John Wick.' "

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

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

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

" 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 really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "