As a performer, the more I scare the stunt coordinator, the better. Zoe Bell More Quotes by Zoe Bell More Quotes From Zoe Bell It's always scarier saying 'No.' As an actress, I can say 'Yes' to more. But sometimes, as a stunt-woman, I have to say 'No.' Zoe Bell saysayingi-cansometimes I have come a long way from a girl with pigtails and acne showing up and going, 'Hey guys, I'm here! Where do you want me to fall over?' Zoe Bell meyougirllong I stepped away from stunts and into acting right around when stunt people started getting put into motion-capture stuff. Zoe Bell stuntrightactingpeople Basically, I'd finished doing gymnastics when I was 15, 16, but I'd stayed training because I'd just sort of loved it, and I'd met a man by the name of Peter Bell - no relation - who it turns out was a stuntman in New Zealand. Zoe Bell lovednamemantraining When I was on 'Xena,' I remember the sound guy and the director at some point being like, you have to make sounds when you fight, and I was like, what are you talking about? You're never going to use it. But they hounded me for a good couple of hours, and basically it was, you need to act, you can't just perform the moves. Zoe Bell fightgoodmeyou My becoming an actor was a massive shift for me, and a terrifying one. Zoe Bell shiftactormebecoming It turns out I do okay just playing an angry self-righteous woman. Zoe Bell womanjustangryokay I don't surround myself with a lower quality of human. Zoe Bell humanmyselfsurroundquality As a stunt woman, I took it upon myself to be a bit of a jock about it. So you wouldn't see me vulnerable, you wouldn't see me hurting or sad because I was there as a professional to do my job. Nobody likes to see a girl get hurt - that's the truth of it - so I had to put them at ease so they would let me do my job. Zoe Bell myselfmesadtruth With acting, it's my job to be emotionally vulnerable and accessible. Zoe Bell emotionallyjobvulnerableacting What I've had to learn is that I'm also fragile. Zoe Bell learnalsohadfragile Usually, what happens with women that aren't comfortable with fighting is they're afraid of getting hurt, or hurting someone. All it usually takes to get them going is to make them feel safe, and make them feel like they look cool while doing it. And once they get a little more comfortable, they're gung ho! Zoe Bell feellookcoolwomen I'm pretty comfortable on any set where I have something to do. Zoe Bell prettysomethingwherecomfortable This may sound conceited, but the more predominant the role, the more comfortable I am on set. Zoe Bell i-ammorecomfortablesound I've always loved the collaborative side of filmmaking, and there's a lot of things I can do in the acting side of things in terms of the creating of action sequences, and coming up with ways of doing things with a stunt coordinator. Zoe Bell loveddoingi-canaction I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter. Zoe Bell soundsknowfighterridiculous You've just got to know yourself, and know what you're worth, and know where you're going, and know that you can always, always learn more. Zoe Bell yourselfknowyouknow-yourself 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. Zoe Bell sayyoufamilygoodbye
