'Jump Street,' I knew we had a great time. It didn't matter, didn't know if it was going to do well. Channing Tatum More Quotes by Channing Tatum More Quotes From Channing Tatum I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible. Channing Tatum athleticathleteart It comes down to the experience of it. The more you fight, the more you know, the more you can use in the ring. Channing Tatum ringsfightinguse Whatever the fighting is - boxing, fighting, Judo, Thai boxing, it's how much you know doing that. Some people just know how some people move. Channing Tatum fightingpeoplemoving I don't know if I've ever written anything that's not a bill! I do write stories but I don't put a stamp on them. I wrote a story for my wife over Christmas and gave it to her as a present because she asked me to, but I don't put a stamp on things and send them to people. Channing Tatum wifewritingpeople I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're reading it you're like, "Oh, I get to dive out a window? Cool! I get to jump off a building? Great!" So I love doing that stuff, it's like the stuff we used to do in high school to be stupid and fun. Channing Tatum readingstupidfun When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15 minutes and have to compromise on the characters. Channing Tatum compromisecharacterbook You don't need to like any of the characters, as long as you can understand why and where they're from. Why do you need to like any of the characters in the movie? That's not how life is. You don't like everyone that you meet. Channing Tatum characterlongneeds I do generally all my stuff [stunts] except for motorcycles and cars, that stuff I don't know how to do as well as certain people do. Channing Tatum motorcyclecarpeople I don't like doing action movies. They're not that interesting... it's fun to do the physical element but the really fun stuff, like running into exploding buildings, they won't let you do. There's too much money riding on you not getting hurt. But yes, there's something exhilarating in just sitting on a beach with somebody having a real conversation. There's something exhilarating about being open and honest. Channing Tatum hurtrunningbeach I went down to Miami, and somebody saw me on the streets, and that's how I got into modeling. Channing Tatum streetssawsmiami I like smaller films better. I don't know why. I think it's the intimacy and there's not this avalanche. It is an avalanche, but it's really myopic. It's really small. Channing Tatum avalanchesmyopicthinking There's only a few directors that can do what Emmerich does on an international scale and on an action scale. Channing Tatum actiondoedirectors I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and stuff that I'm not in and really make a good run at it as a production. I'm probably going to take a break from acting after a little while because I've enjoyed the developmental process so much. It helps you as an actor to learn story and to learn how to really nurture a script and work with a writer so you're not sitting there having to write it yourself and give notes. Channing Tatum writingrunninggiving I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier. Channing Tatum upsetpoliticalsoldier I've been on so many movies. Generally, I haven't gotten to be on the ground level. As of two years ago, in 'Dear John,' I got to really be on the ground floor. I wasn't a producer. I felt like I put the work in, and I did have a lot of sway on what got fixed, reshoots, so on and so forth. It felt really good. Channing Tatum levelstwoyears The film is a direct mirror of the director. If your director doesn't know how to dress, there will be an aesthetic of the film that won't come through - whether it's in the costumes if he doesn't know exactly what he wants or the look of the film. Channing Tatum mirrorsdressesdirectors Well, the first and only time I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn't do it again. But I know a lot about guns, so I go to the gun range and stuff like that with friends sometimes. Channing Tatum huntinggunstuff With dancing, you have to know spatial movement with somebody. It is steps. It's literally steps and knowing how close to be or how far away. You have to have the beat in the right place with the camera. Channing Tatum camerasdancingknowing I would like magical palm tree that had a lot of shade with instead of coconuts there's just peanut butter jelly sandwiches with cheetos underneath. And my wife that is always happy and possibly naked. Channing Tatum coconutswifetree I think people when they think of comedic actors they forget that they are people with a point of view and experiences and depth. Channing Tatum viewspeoplethinking
