In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
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More Jet Li Quotes
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And lot of Asian audiences and reporters don’t like me to act as a bad guy. But I think I want to become an actor, I want to try different way.
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Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate
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Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the ’70s.
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I didn’t go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.
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The audience makes the decision of what kind of actor they want to watch. I always have said in the last 20 years, the real boss is the audience.
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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.
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While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.
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I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.
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My manager introduced me to the ‘Rise to Honor’ team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me.
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You can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you!
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Learn the way and find your own way.
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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won’t make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.
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One cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
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Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.
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Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.
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I do some of my stunts for the things I have learned. But if it is for something I have never learned, then I use a double.
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My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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Love is more powerful than kicking ass.
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If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.
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