Top 1200 Action Hero Quotes & Sayings

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
I like a lot of Tom Cruise's roles, he's this action hero.
If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. Even though the result may gladden the whole world, that cannot help the hero; for he knows the result only when the whole thing is over, and that is not how he became a hero, but by virtue of the fact that he began.
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.
I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero. — © Clive Owen
I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero.
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 feel Vidyut is a next-gen action hero who is extremely professional and a hard worker. I think he is the most sought after action king, because I really loved the kind of action he has done.
The hero wanders, the hero suffers, the hero returns. You are that hero.
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of transcend the character. You just don't love the character, you love the guy. In any of the great action stars, you see the guy doing the work.
No action hero is more closely associated with cars than James Bond.
I don't consider myself an action hero, at all. My domestic life is the same as anyone else's.
We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero.
We named the film 'Action Jackson' because our hero, Ajay Devgn, is known as 'AJ,' and we thought it would be a good idea to use the initials and extend it into the title 'Action Jackson,' as Ajay is doing both action and dancing in the film.
Then, if action is possible or necessary, you take action or rather right action happens through you. Right action is action that is appropriate to the whole. When the action is accomplished, the alert, spacious stillness remains.
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor. — © Aaron Paul
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.
Really, the arc for the first season of 'Luke Cage' is 'hero.' How does one become a hero? What does one feel about being a hero? How does one live their life and eventually go through the Elizabeth Kubler-Ross stages of grief until the acceptance is, 'Fine, I'm a hero.' This is what it is.
If you look at Indian cinema, it has always been about the 'hero.' So it is not just a characteristic of the Kannada film industry in particular. But one of the reasons to explain the 'hero-centrism' in our industry could be the fact that the audience here really enjoys the action sequences and the 'punch' dialogues.
Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.
Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.
For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I'm a huge fan of.
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.
Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.
Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.
When people started recognising me as a 'chocolate hero,' I switched on to action movies and became an action star. I kept reinventing myself. it was a continuous process.
Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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.
[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN] action is nonaction or what appears to be nonaction. That's a hard concept for Western audiences. . . . We wanted to show a kind of moral action, a spiritual action, an emotional action. Some people will pick up on it; some won't.
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.
I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun.
No hero is a hero if he ever killed someone! Only the man who has not any blood in his hand can be a real hero! The honour of being a hero belongs exclusively to the peaceful people!
I want to go play a villain or an action hero or a nice, light, romantic comedy or something. That would be good.
We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.
I'm a real-life action hero.
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
I'm not your traditional action hero.
I'm not, like, an action-hero guy.
After winning the National Award for Perariyathavar, I started getting a lot of good roles such as the one in 'Action Hero Biju.'
I'm trying to get my next job as a biracial action hero.
Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.
Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. — © Fred Willard
Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero.
You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.
I would definitely like to be a slightly aging action hero with a smart mouth and have a little bit of fun.
Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.
I still don't understand why the tag of 'action hero' follows me. My films have all these elements - romance, action and comedy. None of the fight sequences of my character is an act of randomness. There's a reason to action in my films.
When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
I just thought, 'I want to be an action hero.'
I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.
I don't think I've lost a beat at all. Because of my physique and my look...I fit in the natural action-hero role. — © Jose Canseco
I don't think I've lost a beat at all. Because of my physique and my look...I fit in the natural action-hero role.
I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so Id 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.
There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action.
The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship.
I think action movies on the whole have moved more and more into large spectacle, even leaving out super hero movies that seem to me to be more a fantastic science fiction than they are action movies.
Non-stop action and a hero to die for!
It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.
We haven't evolved a hero story that's female. We're always trying to fit women's stories into this male structure, which is this rising action, this powerful conflict, and this falling action. And I think a female hero story is not that. It's something else.
The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays the role of a father. There's action genre, where you have to show body and do stunts, so you may call that a hero.
What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.
I'd love to be an action hero.
I don't believe that a female character needs to surrender her femininity in order to be an action hero.
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