I am not in a position to play in action films bashing hundreds of goons with one hand. I feel I am not really fit for high-voltage action films.
I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.
From my childhood, I have watched a lot of action films, and I am a big fan of Jackie Chan.
I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.
I enjoy making all kinds of films. I love action films, war films, period films, adventure films.
I am a big fan of sleek action films.
In a lot of action films, a lot of guys are driving muscle cars or vintage cars, whereas in reality, a lot of getaway drivers would actually choose, like, commuter cars and find a way to blend into freeway traffic as quickly as possible.
From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
Everyone wants me to do the comedy thing. But I always wanted to do action adventure. I want to be a guy like 007 who fights against the establishment. If they can make Bruce Willis believable as an action hero, I could do it, too.
I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.
What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.
No action hero is more closely associated with cars than James Bond.
I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.
I'd love to be an action hero.
I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so I'd love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play.
Most actors are like, 'I want to be more like Marlon Brando.' But when I was a little kid, I just wanted to be an action hero! Then I grew up, and my interests were different.
I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero.
I chose 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' specifically 'cause I had just made 'The Bourne Identity' and made a film that glamorized being an action hero, and I wanted to make the exact opposite. I wanted to make a movie that glamorized maintaining a marriage, and that made the action hero part seem easy and made the marriage part seem hard.
I don't believe that a female character needs to surrender her femininity in order to be an action hero.
Every actor gets an image without wanting one. A lot of romantic heroes want an action hero tag, but they are unable to succeed even though their films are good.
