I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
JET LII never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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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I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.
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My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.
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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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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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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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I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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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 can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy.
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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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Learn the way and find your own way.
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I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
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