The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Madame de Stael
Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it... →
Sylvester Stallone
Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.
The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The... →
Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.
Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.
When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience... →
People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action... →
Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.
From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new... →
Terence Stamp