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.
JET LIThe 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.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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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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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I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.
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But recently I’ve, the past few years, I’m more focused on meditation. It’s not a physical part. It’s more mental part, to understand life.
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Learn the way and find your own way.
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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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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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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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One cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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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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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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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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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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