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 LIZhang 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.
More Jet Li Quotes
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Love is more powerful than kicking ass.
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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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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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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Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate
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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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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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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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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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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’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.
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You can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you!
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