Jet Li Quotes About Martial Arts

Quotes about: Martial Arts

• 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.

  Jet Li

  Motivational, Movie, Art

• I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

  Jet Li

  Art, Real, Hero

• A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

  Jet Li

  Motivational, Use, Weapons

• 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

  Jet Li

  Motivational, Art, Thinking

• Everything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance. That's why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance. Balance can keep the world's peace. I think that's a very good thing.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Mind

• Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.

  Jet Li

  Art, Stars, Two

• 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.

  Jet Li

  Art, School, Years

• In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

  Jet Li

  Art, Struggle, Self

  "Jet Li Gets Philosophical in Fearless". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. September 19, 2006.

• 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.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

  Jet Li

  Art, Dragons, Different

• I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

  Jet Li

  Sports, Art, Children

  Interview with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

• I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Keys

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

• I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

  Jet Li

  Art, Years, Martial Arts

• In my mind, martial arts movies are martial arts movies and action is action. It's quite different, because martial arts doesn't just have physical form; you have a philosophy, internal and external. A lot of it involves your life. How you see the world. An action film I think is just about the movement. I think it's different.

  Jet Li

  Art, Philosophy, Thinking

  "Rogue' Set Visit: Jet Li on 'Fearless,' 'Monk in New York,' and Another Fight Breakdown!". Rotten Tomatoes Interview, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. June 9, 2006.

• My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

  Jet Li

  Children, Believe, Two

• 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 Li

  Art, Philosophy, Two

  "Jet Li Gets Philosophical in Fearless". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. September 19, 2006.

• 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 Li

  Art, Thinking, People

• 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.

  Jet Li

  Art, Drama, People

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

• 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.

  Jet Li

  Art, Wife, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

  Jet Li

  Art, Martial Arts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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