32 David Leitch Quotes for You to Enjoy

David Leitch

American Actor

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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. David Leitch

Before Action Starts Way More Studied Participate How Matrix Trains Dynamic While Chinese Production Team Actor Filming

You have to make bold choices to be noticed. David Leitch

You Make Choices Noticed Bold

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

You Become About Guy Performance Stunt Talking Actor

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. David Leitch

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

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If you have John Goodman in your movie, you want to use him as much as possible. David Leitch

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If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll. David Leitch

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Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room, you know they're that character. That is something you can't teach an actor; that's something that's luck and chance. David Leitch

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Take up martial arts and get proficient. Take a sword-fighting class. Dive in and immerse yourself in it as you would any other acting class, so when the opportunity comes, that skill can be really utilized, and it's not half-baked. David Leitch

Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good. David Leitch

Good Dance Some Affinity Train Get Should Explore Actor

'Atomic Blonde' is about the characters' bigger existential crisis and their world. It's not so much the conceit of the spy game; it's more that being a spy sucks. But we're going to make it fun to watch. David Leitch

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In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. David Leitch

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I look at the action scenes as placeholders when I arrive on a script, knowing that I'm going to expand on them when I understand the constraints of the movie, the locations of where we're shooting, the abilities of the actors, and where we want to go with the characters. David Leitch

Part of the problem is that many directors treat female characters too often as precious. Or they want to live in a fantasy world where they just do spinning hook kicks and knock out guys who are six foot four, and that doesn't work either. David Leitch

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There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences. David Leitch

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The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through 10 minutes of exposition. David Leitch

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The DNA of 'Deadpool' shouldn't change. David Leitch

Change

I think the biggest thing you take from the stunt world is your understanding of the filmmaking process. For years, you've worked with every other department closely. You know hair, makeup, wardrobe, special effects, and you know what everybody's needs are and their expectations. You also know how to collaborate with them. David Leitch

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I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. David Leitch

Budgets Been Different Different Levels Really Fortunate Levels Career

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