An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.
A good choreographer is one that's going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo's 'Hard Boiled,' and in the '70s, he was a martial arts actor...
You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral.
There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, s...
In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring o...
It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then I'm black,' when in fact, that's not the case. I'm black first and then I'm also a choreographer.
A lot of the time, when I'm choreographing, I'm not thinking about what movement look best next to the next movement - I'm actually thinking about what song and what sound sounds right next to the next thing. So kind of choreographing as if I'm alway...
Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ulti...
I've choreographed all of my movies.
Life is astounding and not strange. If one thing is certain that is change, guide and choreograph the dance of creativity and save yourself from helpless captivity. Winds of change will allow you to give all you have and receive all you can with grac...
I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
My mother was a choreographer, so music has always been around.
He allowed us to choreograph the sex scenes.
I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.
No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough.
A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.
What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.
If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.
Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it.
