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.
JET LITibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.
More Jet Li Quotes
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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There is no pure success. I am action actor. I have broken almost every piece of my body.
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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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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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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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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.
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Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.
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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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A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.
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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 never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
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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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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture.
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