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In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors' gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points.

Quotes by Laurie R. King

Our preoccupation has always been to craft space in such a way as to induce social interactions that would in turn generate a sense of community and a culture, but starting from the very immediate issue of how action influences...

Quotes by Larry Harvey

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.

Quotes by Larenz Tate

We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world.

Quotes by Lana Wachowski

Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

The key to a resilient global recovery, where growth in each country advances growth in every country, is action directed at supporting demand at home.

Quotes by Lael Brainard

The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It's a lot of asides and soliloquies where he's wrapped in angst, and that's not...

Quotes by Kurt Sutter

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Quotes by Kwame Nkrumah

There's steps that I've taken already, and each week, talking with the sports psychologist on a routine basis and working with the different programs that we're going through. This is all stuff that you can say you're going to make...

Quotes by Kurt Busch

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

Quotes by Kirsten Dunst

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

Quotes by Kirsten Dunst

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Quotes by Kingsley Amis

My dream is to get a role where I get to do little bit of action.

Quotes by Kiara Advani

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with...

Quotes by Kiefer Sutherland

Social engineering is using manipulation, influence and deception to get a person, a trusted insider within an organization, to comply with a request, and the request is usually to release information or to perform some sort of action item that...

Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.

Quotes by Kevin Gates

From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals.

Quotes by Kevin de Leon

I don't believe in hope. I believe in action, if I'm an apostle of anything: There are always going to be complications, but to a large degree, everything is in your hands.

Quotes by Kerry James Marshall

Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.

Quotes by Kenneth Clarke

I want to continue to be challenged and feel a sense of fulfilment, like I have over the years at 'Emmerdale.' I've got aspirations to do other genres and I'm really keen to play a different character, whether it's in...

Quotes by Kelvin Fletcher

Frequently Asked Questions

Did these speakers plan on doing action roles?
Not really. One admits, "I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened," while another explains they "didn't go into this business to do action" because of a classical-theater background, yet found they were "good at kicking and punching."
Is there a quote about being underrepresented in action roles?
Yes — one speaker reflects on how rare their combination of background is in the genre, noting there are "so few guys who do action and do it well," and even fewer with classical-theater training. For more on standing out through personal traits, see our Character quotes.
Do any of these quotes contrast action with thinking?
One does, memorably: "What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action." It draws a sharp line between ideas and actually doing something.
Is classical training mentioned as useful for action work?
Yes — one speaker points to their "classical-theater training" as something they bring into action work, even though it's not the most obvious background for the genre. For more on playful ways of exploring a theme, check out our Rhymes collection.
Where can I find more quotes about living with purpose and action?
Our Life quotes explore that same idea of doing versus just thinking, and our Always quotes are worth a look too.

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