David Leitch
David Leitch

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
David Leitch

Shooting a fight is like shooting any other scene. You have to tell a story using a very specific choreography.

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie.

David Leitch
David Leitch

Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours.

David Leitch
David Leitch

You can sometimes break rules in comics that you can't necessarily break in cinema. It's fun to find something cool in a comic and then try and find a way to break the same rule in another medium.

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

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
David Leitch

As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity.

David Leitch
David Leitch

You know, the 'Atomic Blonde' universe is its own universe. There's influences obviously of Bond and Bourne and 'Wick,' all the things I've been exposed to, but it is its own universe.

David Leitch
David Leitch

The vehicle-stunt world is so specialized. But when you spend so long in it as a stunt coordinator, you're exposed to all the disciplines, so it's always fun to combine the two ideas - a car chase and a fight scene - and make something more dynamic.

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

You have to make bold choices to be noticed.

David Leitch
David Leitch

Music emotionally and psychologically transports you immediately.

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

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

David Leitch
David Leitch

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
David Leitch

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
David Leitch

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