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Action Films Quotes

Loud, dumb, and occasionally brilliant.

What stands out in these action films quotes is how unguarded the speakers are — more than one admits to making "stupid" action films and being proud of it anyway, while others single out the Bourne films for proving the genre can carry real political weight.

The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It's all just one loud shout.

Quotes by Shane Black

I do find violence entertaining, but that doesn't make me a bad person. I grew up watching all these action films when I was a kid. My dad would bring back 'Rambo' and whatever, and we'd watch it together. It's...

Quotes by Scott Adkins

Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.

Quotes by Rob Marshall

I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them.

Quotes by Joel Silver

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I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very smart film and I think that people will feel differently about things when they see it.

Quotes by Joel Silver

There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience.

Quotes by Joe Wright

Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

Quotes by Jet Li

If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.

Quotes by James Wan

I just think action films now have... often, because you can do anything with CGI, people do. And I don't think you necessarily should. You lose that sort of human dimension, and you get all the stuff breaking the laws...

Quotes by James Watkins

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I've spent my life doing action films and most of my own stunts, so my teeth have been knocked out along the way. It happened so frequently that I can't even remember where I lost most of them.

Quotes by James Cosmo

I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.

Quotes by Jackie Chan

The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything...

Quotes by Don Bluth

I loved 'Life is Beautiful' and action films are great, like 'Die Hard.' My favourite is the mob film - 'Goodfellas,' 'The Godfather,' 'Once Upon a Time In America,' anything with Robert De Niro in it.

Quotes by Claudia Winkleman

I've wanted to follow my dad into acting for as long as I can remember. 'I've had a very serious round of dramatic training, and I like action films that take their characters seriously, so I figure I'm making it...

Quotes by Brandon Lee

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these speakers feel about action films as a genre?
Mostly candid and self-aware, more than one director or actor admits their own action films are "stupid" while still being proud of having made them.
Are any action films singled out as smarter than the genre norm?
Yes, "V For Vendetta" is called out as a genuinely smart film, and the Bourne films are credited with proving action movies can carry real political and social conscience.
What's the criticism of weaker action films here?
One quote criticizes movies that stay at the same shouting intensity the whole way through, with no contrast between quiet and expansive beats, a pacing complaint.
Is there a quote comparing action films to "bad art"?
Yes, one acknowledges that a lot of action films qualify as bad art, while still holding up directors like Paul Greengrass as an exception.
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