Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
JET LIMartial 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.
More Jet Li Quotes
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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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You can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you!
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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 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 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 never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
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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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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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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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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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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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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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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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