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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 character of Cable is complex. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer. "

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

" The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "