Jessica Stroup Quotes

I love doing my own stunts but it's hard.

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.

Having been a stunt girl for so long, a big part of my job, when being a stunt double, was to not just make the other person look as cool as they could, but also to act as support.

On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself.

I love the physical roles. I have the utmost respect for stunt people and stunt doubles, but I like to do as much as I possibly can with what's become some pretty significant training.

I do most of my own stunts because the stunt guys show me how.

I did do my own stunts.

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

I would like to be able to do as many of my own stunts where I can.

I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.

I will do anything, and I do almost everything myself. But when there is something extra heinous to do, I have a great stunt double, Eddie Davenport, and a great stunt coordinator, Jeff Wolfe.

Jen Murray, my stunt person, is totally comfortable getting thrown into a cabinet and onto the ground or getting hit by a car. I, on the other hand, am not. Nor would it look great on film, so she does it.

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

There are actors that come in and do a fight sequence, but when they have to fall on the ground or take a tag to the belly a bit too hard, they're shocked at how real it is.

I was the highest-paid stuntman in the world.

I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.

I hope to be remembered for mentoring the future generation of stuntmen and fighting for the rights and respect that stuntmen and stuntwomen deserve for their contribution to the world of moviemaking.

I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.

As much as they'll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

I think I'm going to be a stuntwoman on the side.

The stunt team were great on 'Defiance.' They were there, every day.

If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

I love doing stunts. It's so much fun.

I'm in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them.