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 LIMy wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy.
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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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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.
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While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.
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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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Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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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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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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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.
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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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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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