David R. Ellis Quotes & Sayings

“Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.”

“It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.”

“I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.”

“So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.”

“No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.”

“So there was always a stunt coordinator on those films that was from Stunts Unlimited and I was just one of the young warriors from Stunts Unlimited that got to be a part of it because it was a big show and they needed a lot of guys.”

“They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up.”

“Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.”

“No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.”

“You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in.”