If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
JET LIYou can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.
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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.
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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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In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
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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 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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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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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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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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You can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you!
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I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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