Jet Li Quotes

20 quotations by Jet Li

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 one of the best directors on mainland China.

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

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

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

When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.

This film "Hero" talks about the peace of Chinese people.

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

Love is more powerful than kicking ass.

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

I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

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

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

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

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

"Hero" is really special because there is no formula. Usually the good guy has a problem. This film doesn't have a real bad guy in it.

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.

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.

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.