69 Quotes by David Leitch

As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers.

People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.

Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film.

The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.

There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job.

You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed.

While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way.

No one is getting paid and the actual program and the system is chaotic,