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One thing I got to do that was awesome was hang off the side of this Ferris wheel and do that stunt myself.
Repetition on things like that becomes quite painful. If you do a stunt sometimes it can look like a stunt.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.
I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches.
I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.
I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.
I am a guy who is first of all a businessman. I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a daredevil. I'm - I'm an explorer.
I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.
To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played very serious.
But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.
I've been put under 8.5G in a stunt aeroplane. I felt all right. Well, I lost my vision, but I was still conscious.
The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.
My particular rule of thumb is to allow disruptors to let their flags fly. If they want to stage a stunt, who cares?
Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film.
For a stunt woman, emotions don't matter to the shot. It was easier for me to do my job if I shut all my emotions off.
I stepped away from stunts and into acting right around when stunt people started getting put into motion-capture stuff.
Since I was a kid, I have always froze when I saw an action star perform a stunt defying the parameters of safety and fear.
I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
It's the little added bonus of realism that makes the difference between an adequately done stunt and a really convincing one.
That one was stunt heavy. 'Monster Trucks' was a lot of stunts. I got to do some insane stunts they should've never let me do.
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
If a kid is reading a book about someone who looks like them but doesn't talk like them, we stunt their growth by dissing them.
People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care.
If celebs try to do something good, people think it is a publicity stunt and if they do without showing it, they don't get credit.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.
We don't move on in the stunt unless it looks like a hit. So when I see it on TV, I'm generally satisfied that people are going to buy it.
I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.
There's no point, me turning up at the world championship as a publicity stunt and then lose 10-3 to someone who shouldn't tie my shoelaces.
There's something that feels more organic about watching a stunt that's done by you. There's also a feeling of accomplishment doing it yourself.
My whole life I've actually been training to be a stunt man without realising it. I've always loved extreme sports, and I now I get paid for it.
Timing is a big part of stunt work and fighting scenes. It's something you learn in WWE, especially when they are really character-driven fights.
I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
The U.S. government must stand on the side of human rights, the rule of law, and democratic progress, not impede or otherwise stunt such progress.
It never occurred to me that being a stunt girl would get me recognized in any way, because the whole purpose of a stunt person is to not be known.
When I'm a stunt woman on a movie, I'm strictly a 'Yes sir,' girl... But acting puts more in your hands, and producing gives you more control still.
The ALS ice bucket challenge was really the most brilliant publicity stunt of 2014, and it has brought worldwide awareness for a barely-known disease.
Even if an actor might not nail the moves in a way than a stunt person might, I wanted to bring the character of 'Hanna' into everything that she did.
At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.
I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it's a publicity stunt that we've convinced people it's delicious.
I broke my finger in a stunt in a very not-too-romantic way. I was just trying to tackle someone, and I just flicked his forearm and then screamed in pain.
There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.
I'm self-taught. Even today, on the sets, I probe the lightmen, the stunt artistes... they are from a period I've not seen; I can visualise it through them.
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
I grew up in the late '70s. We played outside all day. I think that's where I got the whole notion of being an actor, you know, stunt fighting with my friends.
I really enjoy doing stunts, especially. I had never done any stunt work, ever, in my life before, and in our first episode of 'Legacies,' I was doing a bunch.
Someone actually asked me once if I used coming out as a publicity stunt. It's cool that we live in a time when being gay could be seen as helping your career.
With stunt guys, you can punch them in the face because it's, you know, just part of work. You feel bad about that but not as bad as if you punch another actor.
I want to give back. I want to do all the things that will make me feel fulfilled. But whenever I do those things, people think it's a press stunt or something.