Jason Statham Quotes
'Homefront' was written by Sylvester Stallone. He actually wrote it for himself, which is, for me, an amazing privilege: To be handed a script by Sly that he wrote for himself, that he asked me to do.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.
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The one product I can't live without is my mascara. I'm addicted to long eyelashes and think girls just look so pretty with long lashes!
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute.
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I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act.
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Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
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My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.
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Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.
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'Homefront' was written by Sylvester Stallone. He actually wrote it for himself, which is, for me, an amazing privilege: To be handed a script by Sly that he wrote for himself, that he asked me to do.
