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 LII 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.
More Jet Li Quotes
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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Love is more powerful than kicking ass.
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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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Learn the way and find your own way.
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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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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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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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You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.
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My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
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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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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.
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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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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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