Jason Statham Quotes
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I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.
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Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.
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Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.
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I do like a lot of the '70s movies. I love Charles Bronson in 'Hard Times.' All my favorite movies where ones from yesteryear. The '70s was a good era. I love all those.
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I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.
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In my misspent youth, I was risky.
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There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.
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I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.
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With 'The Expendables,' you have such a brilliant mess of the greatest action stars of all time, so you're in for the ride with those people.
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London and L.A. are two opposites - I like the difference.
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Whatever you do, do it to the extreme.
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Depending on the season, you'll find me outdoors doing an activity.
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I want to work with Will Ferrell. I want to do, like, an action-comedy with him. How do I get the project for that? It's killing me. I've got all these great ideas, and the hardest thing is getting the material, the screenplay, you know.
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A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.
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All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.
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There's a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team.
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I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.
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When I go to the cinema I watch all different kinds of films.
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Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.
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If you're gonna do action movies, you're gonna get an injury at some point. It's inevitable.
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And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.
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My role model is Sly Stallone.
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I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.'
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I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.