Jet Li Quotes

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

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• 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.

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• Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

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

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

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• You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” to talk about love.

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

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

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• This film “Hero” talks about the peace of Chinese people.

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

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• Love is more powerful than kicking ass.

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• I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

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

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

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

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

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

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• I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

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• 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.

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• Hero shows you how to solve the problem – yourself.

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Jet Li (24)

Birth:	26th April, 1963
Nationality:	Chinese
Profession:	Actor, Film Director, Martial Artist, Producer

About

Li Lianjie, better known by his stage name Jet Li was born in Beijing, China. He is a Chinese film actor, film director, film producer, martial artist and retired Wushu champion. After three years of training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. His role in several films include: Shaolin Temple, Born to Defence (also director), Hero, The Bodyguard from Beijing (also producer), Fist of Legend (also producer), The New Legend of Shaolin (also producer), Once Upon a Time in China (film series), Tai Chi Master (also producer), The Legend (also producer), Kung Fu Cult Master (also producer), Last Hero in China (also producer), Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die, Kiss of the Dragon (also producer), Unleashed (also producer), Fearless (also producer), The One, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Expendables (film series), and League of Gods.

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