Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
JET LIYou need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
More Jet Li Quotes
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I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.
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Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture.
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Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.
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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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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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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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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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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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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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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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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
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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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