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 LIOne cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
More Jet Li Quotes
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I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.
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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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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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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 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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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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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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My manager introduced me to the ‘Rise to Honor’ team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me.
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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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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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The 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.
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Love is more powerful than kicking ass.
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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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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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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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