00:00 Actually, the biggest stunt that I've ever done in my life is in that film.
00:04 What did you do?
00:05 I jumped off a building, about a 25-foot fall, into an airbag
00:10 and they blew the roof of the building off.
00:12 There was this 40-foot ball of flame behind me.
00:17 [screaming]
00:19 [explosion]
00:21 [explosion]
00:23 [explosion]
00:25 [explosion]
00:27 [explosion]
00:29 And actually, had I had them show me the stunt before I did it, I probably wouldn't have done it.
00:34 I would have been too scared. But I did the stunt, and when I saw it on film, it was just spectacular.
00:37 It was pretty amazing.
00:39 Would you do something like that again?
00:41 No, I wouldn't do that one again.
00:43 They made it very safe for me, but fear is in your mind.
00:47 It's what you tell yourself about how afraid you are that really determines what you're going to do.
00:53 [screaming]
00:55 [explosion]
00:57 [explosion]
00:59 [explosion]
01:01 [screaming]
01:03 Where I draw the line is that it always adds to production value
01:07 and it is always more personally satisfying to see the actor doing the stunts.
01:14 I did a lot of my own stunts in Die Hard.
01:17 It just always makes it better when you see the actor's face in there, you know,
01:20 when they don't cut away and show the back of a stuntman's head.
01:23 Thanks for the advice.
01:25 My, you know, philosophy about acting is that whatever it takes to get the best performance on film,
01:32 because once it's there and once you commit it to film and once you say, "This is what the film is,"
01:36 it never changes.
01:37 Television is a very limited medium in that you have a certain amount of time
01:41 and a certain amount of money to get an episode done.
01:44 So what did you say?
01:45 I want to be alone.
01:46 You said that?
01:47 I'm saying that.
01:48 Are you saying you said that or that you're saying that?
01:50 With films you have a lot more money and you have a lot more time to get it right.
01:55 Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?
01:58 Yippee-ki-yay, mother[bleep]
02:04 I play a character named John McClane who is a New York cop who comes to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve
02:09 to try and patch things up with his wife.
02:11 They've been separated for about six months.
02:13 She's moved to Los Angeles to take a very well-paying job.
02:16 It's the story of a very ordinary character who gets thrown into extraordinary circumstances.
02:23 Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs.
02:28 It's an action film.
02:30 I've seen it.
02:31 It's very powerful.
02:33 There are at least, in the rough cut that I saw, there are at least seven or eight scenes
02:40 where the people that I saw it with actually got up on their seats.
02:45 Just cringing is some really wild stuff and some real hairy stunts.
02:52 All you got to do is pull the trigger.
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