Jean-Claude Van Damme Quotes

I personally think a fight scene is the most cinematic thing you can witness because all the elements of filmmaking come together, you know, with the camera speed changes, editing, make up effects and general smoke and mirrors of trying to make it look like you are hitting someone when you're not. It's filmmaking in it's purest form, I think.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

You really get to direct the movie three times when it comes to the action sequences and the set pieces.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing.

Probably the most difficult things were my favorite parts. The make-up and the big fight sequence at the end of the movie were very difficult but really fun and challenging.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

Working in Hollywood, it's clear the more money you have, the more technology you can get. So you can build a whole Japanese set. Only in Hollywood!

As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour all wrapped up into one.

Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different.

Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.

Justin Lin has just been exceptional with what he does with that vehicular action.

The attention to detail on 'Titanic' was extraordinary.

I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.

There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie: the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations.

I would love to work on a film which would be close to Hollywood standards.

I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills.

I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.