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The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

From the moment you say 'action,' this is the fun part - things should happen that surprise you, excite you, scare you, turn you on, make you laugh. If things aren't surprising you, when you say 'cut,' whisper things to the actors that will make them do things that do surprise you.

The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.

I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.

Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.

Boy, there's nothing more thrilling than a chase. I'd often thought, over the years, that someone should do a whole film where it's nothing but a chase.

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

Acting takes so much energy.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

I think all the stuff that happens before the pictures are taken is much more exciting.