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"I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions"

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There is something almost disarmingly practical about Devon Sawa saying, "I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions". It reads less like lofty ambition than a working actor naming the missing line item on his resume: a clean, high-concept genre lane with obvious stakes and obvious scale. The bluntness is the point. No tortured talk of "challenging roles", just a checklist of cinematic pleasures that audiences instantly understand.

The subtext is career math. Sawa came up as a recognizable face in the late-90s/early-2000s ecosystem where teen visibility can become both currency and trap. Wanting "car chases and explosions" is a bid to reframe that legacy: not the nostalgic guy you remember, but the guy who can credibly hold a franchise-style frame. Action is also a durability play. It’s the genre that most reliably converts into global distribution, memeable clips, and a second-act reinvention because the performance demand is legible even when dialogue isn’t.

The slightly awkward phrasing ("I want do") adds an unpolished sincerity that makes the desire feel less like PR and more like frustration finally admitted out loud. He’s not pitching nuance; he’s pitching momentum. In an era where actors are expected to brand themselves as prestige artisans, Sawa’s line quietly insists on another truth: sometimes the aspiration is to be kinetic, to be physical, to be allowed a big, loud kind of fun that signals relevance in the marketplace.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Sawa, Devon. (2026, January 17). I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-do-some-kind-of-action-movie-car-chases-59128/

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Sawa, Devon. "I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-do-some-kind-of-action-movie-car-chases-59128/.

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"I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-do-some-kind-of-action-movie-car-chases-59128/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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Devon Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Actor from Canada.

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