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Gore, like blood and guts and stuff, I am fine. Suspense, I get super sensitive. I can't handle it.
I would love to do a comedy, and I think physical comedy is something I probably have a knack on.
I definitely don't feel like I'm watching ballet during 'Raze.'
I'm basically klutzy.
I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard.
In our case, with 'Raze,' we had a really, really tight schedule. We shot something like 17 fights in three and a half weeks which is insane.
For a stunt woman, emotions don't matter to the shot. It was easier for me to do my job if I shut all my emotions off.
I don't have children, but when I meet my friends' kids at six months old, and then I don't see them again for another six months, the changes are drastic. But if you've seen them every day, the changes are less shocking.
I've worked with horses on and off most of my life, but literally 'on and off' - flipping on them and falling off them.
I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'
No one has ever seen me as feminine.
As a stunt girl I've done most varieties of female fight action.
Raze' is a horror/action film and they asked me to get involved when it was just in the developmental stage - they also brought be on board as one of the producers and that is really what drew me to it.
If you give anything less than 120% as an actor then you end up looking uncomfortable.
Yes, generally speaking, I get to do my own stunts.
As a stuntwoman, I never wanted anyone to ever feel afraid for me. I didn't want anyone to ever feel sorry for me.
It never occurred to me that being a stunt girl would get me recognized in any way, because the whole purpose of a stunt person is to not be known.
One of the things I really like about TV is the family, the maintaining of the family camaraderie. Film has it, too, especially when you're on location. It's like summer camp. You'll get really close, really fast. But, then you'll have to say goodbye.
This may sound conceited, but the more predominant the role, the more comfortable I am on set.
I don't surround myself with a lower quality of human.
I met this group of stunt people and it was like, I had found family instantly. We're all a variety of different personalities, but whatever that mutual joy or appreciation of the work is, I'd not felt it like that before. It was, 'Yeah, I'd like to do this forever.'
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