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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.

Quotes by Iain Banks

The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.

Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

There's action only if there is danger.

Quotes by Howard Hawks

Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.

Quotes by Howard Hughes

I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.

Quotes by Howard Rheingold

I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.

Quotes by Horst Koehler

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Quotes by Howard Berman

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Quotes by Honore de Balzac

I really enjoy blocking and staging. I think most of visual storytelling is camera placement and how to stage action around the camera.

Quotes by Hiro Murai

I was fortunate to work on a few episodes of 'Barry' right before we shot 'Atlanta.' That was where I got my training wheels for action coverage.

Quotes by Hiro Murai

Directing action scenes is really just pure visual storytelling that just makes sense to me pretty intuitively.

Quotes by Hiro Murai

I never want to be the all-knowing god of the story, manipulating what's to happen or the action.

Quotes by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing for me. If I'm doing action, or comedy, or something more heartfelt, it's a different approach, but it's...

Quotes by Hiroyuki Sanada

Action is just one of my skills.

Quotes by Hiroyuki Sanada

If there is an action scene, I want to do everything myself.

Quotes by Hiroyuki Sanada

There have been a lot of amazing action games that, perhaps, the focus is on cinematics or story or even how the camera works so that they've created this amazing immersive experience.

Quotes by Hideaki Itsuno

'Monster Hunter' was its own series, its own franchise, and it just so happened that we wanted to make a realistic fantasy-based action game, and because we had the staff available to make something like that, we're able to make...

Quotes by Hideaki Itsuno

I'm not very good at action games in general and find most action games to be hard.

Quotes by Hidetaka Miyazaki

The law in question asserts, that the quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished.

Quotes by Hermann von Helmholtz

Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the action of velocity. The sails are driven by air in motion - by wind.

Quotes by Hermann von Helmholtz

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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