In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
JET LIMartial 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.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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.
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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 hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life – the relationship between parent and child.
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There is no pure success. I am action actor. I have broken almost every piece of my body.
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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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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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Learn the way and find your own way.
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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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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
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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 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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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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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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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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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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