I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.
JET LIWorking 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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And lot of Asian audiences and reporters don’t like me to act as a bad guy. But I think I want to become an actor, I want to try different way.
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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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Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.
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Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.
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My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
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One cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
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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.
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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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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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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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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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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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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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I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
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Learn the way and find your own way.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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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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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 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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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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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 mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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When you have a friend you work with for 15 years, you become like brothers.
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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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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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