Jason Statham Quotes
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When I'm getting ready for a movie, let's just say my diet is 'The Antisocial Diet.' I don't go to restaurants. I don't eat what I really want to eat. I don't eat much. I eat small things frequently. Lots of protein and greens. And I don't eat with people, because there's a tendency to get social and then to overeat.
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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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I tend to leave people alone that I admire.
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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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There's something quite fascinating with crooks and criminals and all things against the law.
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High risk is high adrenaline.
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All exercise releases endorphins and makes you feel good.
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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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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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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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It's great to play the hero. You get all the good stuff. You're in it all the way through.
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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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You only get one shot in your life, and you might as well push yourself and try things.
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My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.
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I could take my grandma and put her in a cape, and they'll put her on a green screen, and they'll have stunt doubles come in and do all the action. Anybody can do it. They're relying on stunt doubles and green screen and $200 million budgets - it's all CGI created. To me, it's not authentic.
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I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!
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I love the hip-hop scene.
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I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be some namby-pamby lawyer, I'd want my money back.
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The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.
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I've smashed myself around, been on crutches, and broken a couple of bones when I was a kid.
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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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And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.
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People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them.
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Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.