Jet Li Quotes

While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.

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.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

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.

I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.

This film ‘Hero’ talks about the peace of Chinese people.

Watching movies in the U.S. is great fun because they get every joke, they smile, they laugh so much; it’s a great feeling.

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

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.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

I think Ang Lee is a very, very talented director. He used martial arts to talk about love and girl, you know… But Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts film to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope the world will become.

I have met Jackie Chan about 6 times up ’til now… and even though many people think we are natural enemies, I personally think he is a cool bloke and would honestly love to work with him in a film one time – that would a well brilliant movie!

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

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

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.

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

When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.

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

Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.

Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.

I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn’t matter where something is made, we’re all part of the same big family now.

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.

Even when I use a word in the wrong order in a sentence, I get mad. It’s very stressful.

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It’s very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture.

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.

I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad.

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.

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