"I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that"
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The line also performs a neat rhetorical dodge. By insisting it’s “simple,” Butler preempts the obvious follow-ups: the insurance fights, the safety choreography, the pressure to prove masculinity, the PR calculus of looking fearless. Simplicity here is a pose - one that keeps the fantasy intact. The stunt isn’t merely a production task; it’s a story about the actor as a body in motion, an old-school ideal updated for press junkets and behind-the-scenes clips.
Context matters: Butler’s career has been anchored in action-forward roles where physicality is part of the appeal and part of the differentiation. Saying he loves stunts reframes dangerous labor as joy, turning risk into passion. It invites the audience to read him less as a performer pretending to be tough and more as a participant in the danger he sells - a modern, manageable version of movie-star mythmaking.
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Butler, Gerard. "I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-doing-the-stunts-its-as-simple-as-that-50435/.
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"I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-doing-the-stunts-its-as-simple-as-that-50435/. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.




