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I come from a huge theater background. The whole action and stunt world just came as the roles were available.

As Members of Congress, we weren't sent to Washington to do what's easy - we were sent here to take action, even when the conversation is difficult and the odds look long.

It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.

I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something.

I get typecast as doctors, principals, middle-management-type guys - which, when you look at me, you realize is completely against my physical characteristics. I should be an action hero. So I don't understand what's going on.

Without global action on climate change, Bhutan's tourist and agricultural-based economy faces an acute threat from climate change.

This is what climate action is all about - all sectors of the economy, from places large and small, recognizing the moral imperative and the economic opportunity, stepping up and doing what they can to make a difference.

You've heard this phrase and I don't think I understood it until I was making 'Ted Lasso,' this thing of 'the sandbox.' It's like we build the sandbox, we have the characters, we've got the action figures, and Season 2, we get to play with them and move them around.

I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.

A crazy action only works if there's a great reaction.

Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize.

Every white liberal straight man needs to take action and work at unifying all peoples of our sides and stop making women and people of color and the LGBT community fight it out themselves and just pat them on the back. We have to take active roles in supporting them, defending them, and hiring them.

With 'I Want Action,' I think people take it in the context of the Sunset Strip and the party scene; it was tongue-in-cheek.

Every young male actor dreams of being James Bond in an action movie. And that's their first role. But the truth is, when it comes down to it, that's not relatable.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.

Violence of action, as we call it in the Spec Ops community, will often change the odds in your favor.

I've wanted to follow my dad into acting for as long as I can remember. 'I've had a very serious round of dramatic training, and I like action films that take their characters seriously, so I figure I'm making it the best of both worlds if I try to bring some serious acting to a shoot-'em-up picture.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it's simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn't known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately.

The weird thing is, if I'd made 'The Incredibles,' shot-for-shot - exactly the same script, same timing, same shots - in live action, it would be perceived very differently, and somehow more adult than me doing it in animation. I find that fascinating and frustrating.

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.