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 LII remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
More Jet Li Quotes
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In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
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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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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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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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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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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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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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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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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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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 want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.
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