Jason Statham Quotes
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As an actor, you work to the script: that's our main priority. But you have to be aware and look around for things that help you bring that little bit extra, that touch of realism that rams the point home.
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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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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.
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I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.'
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My role model is Sly Stallone.
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My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.
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A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.
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Without doing the big blockbusters, I wouldn't be able to find the money to go after little projects that I want to do.
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How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much hard work you do with the training.
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I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff.
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If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.
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One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.
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A lot of the characters I've played before are heroic or invincible in some ways and not tuned into fear and anxiety and pain.
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In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down.
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You can't be pretentious about what we do, because at the end of the day, movies are about entertainment, and if people get 10 dollars' worth, then that's okay.
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In L.A., it's very hard to have some kind of conscience of some style out there. The weather's too hot; there's no seasons.
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I really enjoyed working with Guy Ritchie. One, it gave me a career, and two, they're probably a couple of the best films I've ever done.
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If someone's got a fear of heights, they'd probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3,000 feet above downtown L.A. would be the scariest. For me, that's a day's work, something I was very happy to do.
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And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.
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It's not like I'm dying to do work that's taken seriously, and I'm not looking to become a thespian. It's not what I'm looking for; I'm just looking to do quality work.
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I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.
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I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.
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The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.
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It's good to step out of the box, but don't step out so far that you can't get back in.