Quote

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

Jet Li

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jet Li
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 26
Actor
Athlete
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Singer
Writer
Peking
Time
Buddhism
English
Spend
Learning
Stills
Still
Today

More quotes by Jet Li

Image
Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.
Jet Li
Image
I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts that is my special key.
Jet Li
Image
Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.
Jet Li
Image
This film 'Hero' talks about the peace of Chinese people.
Jet Li
Image
You can beat me up, but don't touch my hair, I will kill you!
Jet Li
Image
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.
Jet Li
Image
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
Image
And 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.
Jet Li
Image
One cannot choose how one's life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
Jet Li
Image
You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.
Jet Li
Image
In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
Jet Li
Image
A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.
Jet Li
Image
Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
Jet Li
Image
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
Jet Li
Image
Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.
Jet Li
Image
I 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.
Jet Li
Image
I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
Jet Li
Image
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.
Jet Li
Image
I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
Jet Li
Image
I think all actors want to change. When you do something many times, over and over, you want to do something fresh. But movie is still my business. A lot of action actors want change, but no studio wants to spend money on something that is not guaranteed not proven. I think it is very difficult. It is hard to change.
Jet Li