PinLove is more powerful than kicking ass.PinOne cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage.PinIf you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.PinEverywhere 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.PinYou can beat me up, but don’t touch my hair, I will kill you.PinLearn the way and find your own way.PinWushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.PinThat’s why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance.PinI believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.PinIn martial arts, the biggest enemy is self.
16 Jet Li Quotes on Life, Martial Art (ACTING)
“I have met Jackie Chan about 6 times up ’til now… and even though many people think we are natural enemies, I personally think he is a cool bloke and would honestly love to work with him in a film one time – that would a well brilliant movie!”
Jet Li
PinYou can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.PinI am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience.PinEven martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.
“I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won’t make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.”
Jet Li
PinI do some of my stunts for the things I have learned. But if it is for something I have never learned, then I use a double.PinAnd lot of Asian audiences and reporters don’t like me to act as a bad guy. But I think I want to become an actor, I want to try different way.PinI can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy.
“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.”
Jet Li
PinWhen I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.PinI think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.PinWhile films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience.PinIn the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It’s very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family.PinWatching movies in the U.S. is great fun because they get every joke, they smile, they laugh so much; it’s a great feeling.PinMy personal philosophy stems from the deep understanding of martial arts and Chinese culture…
“Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn’t know how to do, and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn’t know how to do.”
Jet Li
9 Jet Li Quotes on Life and Family (WISDOM)
PinI never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.PinA weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.PinEverything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance.PinBalance can keep the world’s peace. I think that’s a very good thing.PinMy wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.PinMy wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.PinA mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.PinI study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life.
“I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn’t matter where something is made, we’re all part of the same big family now.”
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