Quotes by Jason Statham - Page 4

I know, a lot of the films I've done, it's obvious I'm going to beat up six guys and just walk out the door. There's not a lot of motivating factors - it's just action for the sake of action.
Jason Statham / Actor
Done
Doors
Factors
Guy
Obvious
Sake
Motivating
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Every movie you do, you find something in yourself that you probably didn't know that you had, and a director will find something in you that you can nurture and find and bring for the next one.
Jason Statham / Actor
Nurture
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Art
Confidence
Smile
Home
Imagination
Character
Colorful
Good Home Great
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There's so much more danger in someone where you really don't know what they're going to do, and you don't know what they're really capable of, rather than someone who's trying to be physically tough.
Jason Statham / Actor
Capable
Danger
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'Homefront' was written by Sylvester Stallone. He actually wrote it for himself, which is, for me, an amazing privilege: To be handed a script by Sly that he wrote for himself, that he asked me to do.
Jason Statham / Actor
Sly
Handed
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I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.
Jason Statham / Actor
Essentials
Kind
Scripts
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As an actor, you work to the script: that's our main priority. But you have to be aware and look around for things that help you bring that little bit extra, that touch of realism that rams the point home.
Jason Statham / Actor
Realism
Work Home Look
Extra
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Downtown
Feet
Work Fear Me
Above
Heights
Scariest
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A bespoke shirt is one of the true luxuries that you can acquire. There's nothing better than a fitted shirt. Once you've picked up your first one, you'll never stop buying them - providing you can pay for it.
Jason Statham / Actor
Acquire
Buying
Providing
First One
Luxuries
Never Stop
Picked
Shirt
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I remember the first time I saw Robert De Niro at a party. I didn't want to run over and shake his hand. I wanted to admire him from a distance. Later, I ended up making a movie with him, and that was fantastic.
Jason Statham / Actor
De Niro
Distance
Time Remember First Time
Ended
Niro
Robert
Robert De Niro
Shake
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At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car chase. Even if a lot of the people don't like it, there will be a lot of people that do. But bad comedy is just garbage.
Jason Statham / Actor
Garbage
Action Film
Chase
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If you can have a great story that people can follow the mystery and get the suspense, and then you have those moments of tension and a splash of visual fun, then you kind of get everything. You get your money's worth.
Jason Statham / Actor
Fun
Moments
Mystery
Suspense
Tension
Visual
Those
Follow
Great Story
Splash
Story
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[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work.
Jason Statham / Actor
Ego
Skills
Years
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I like fashion. My mum was a dressmaker, believe it or not, so the consequence of that was that all my clothes were homemade, and I looked like a terrible mess until I was old enough to buy my own. But I love good tailoring.
Jason Statham / Actor
Believe
Clothes
Consequence
Fashion
Homemade
Mess
Mum
Love Good Believe
Old Enough
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I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.
Jason Statham / Actor
People
Sensitive
Thinking
Way
Me People Way
Me People Emotions
Certain Way
Emotions
Hold
Suppress
Tend
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Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.
Jason Statham / Actor
Admire
Guy
Views
Writing
Clearer
Experiences
Interpret
Ritchie
View
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A lot of the TV shows, they do long hours, and they do a lot of days, and you don't get a lot of time. But the good thing is, if you get one that's made in L.A., or made in a place you want to be, you get to go home every night.
Jason Statham / Actor
Every Night
Hours
Long Hours
Night
Tv Shows
Time Good Home
Tv
Go Home
Good Thing
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Emulate
Inspired
Look People Way
Look People Doing
Did
Try
Doing
Bruce
Whatever
Him
Lee
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I want to work with Will Ferrell. I want to do, like, an action-comedy with him. How do I get the project for that? It's killing me. I've got all these great ideas, and the hardest thing is getting the material, the screenplay, you know.
Jason Statham / Actor
Hardest Thing
Work Great Me
Great Ideas
Screenplay
The Hardest Thing
Will Ferrell
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Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.
Jason Statham / Actor
Bangs
Body
Dynamite
Half
Hammers
Hard
Minutes
Nonsense
Pieces
Serious
Your Body
Your Day Never
Your Body Day
Like
Your Body Never
More
Once
Much
All Day
Get
Make
Never
Hit
Bang
Your Day Body
Tap
Day
Explode
Day Body Your
Hammer
Hour
Pencil
Piece
Rewarding
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Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great - or at least being active. You'll find your confidence. Without it, you're nothing. It's the remedy for everything.
Jason Statham / Actor
Confidence
Active
Body
Possibility
Remedy
Sport
Gives
Least
Martial
Skill
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I'd love to do a comedy. I'd love to do a two-hander like the old Leathal Weapon movies. I love those, like an action comedy with the straight man and the funny man. I'd love to do one of those. Just got to find one, find a funny man that wants to do one with me.
Jason Statham / Actor
Men
Two
Want
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I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.
Jason Statham / Actor
Aids
Bags
Gym
Harm
Training
Human Being
Weapon
Stunt
Throw
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Action
Budgets
Cgi
Grandma
Green
Authentic
Cape
Doubles
Green Screen
Million
Relying
Screen
Stunt
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I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to map out a strategic plan by saying, 'If I do that, that's going to get me to the next level.' I think that's the wrong way to go into movies as an actor. It doesn't happen for me that way.
Jason Statham / Actor
Levels
Maps
Thinking
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Movie
Diet
Antisocial
Protein
Ready
Restaurants
Small Things
Social
Eat
Lots
Getting
Frequently
Greens
Small
Overeat
Tendency
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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.
Jason Statham / Actor
Antisocial
People
Want
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You only get one shot in your life and you might as well push yourself and try things. There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie; the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations. It's a great, great thing to be involved in if you have the headspace for it, and I do. Try anything once.
Jason Statham / Actor
Design
Interesting
Trying
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A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.
Jason Statham / Actor
Art
Character
People
Success Future Work
Correctly
Dictated
Franchise
Success Work Future
Ideally
Insurance
Something Else
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Growing up where I did, you met a lot of colorful characters whose business was on the other side of the law, or more likely you didn't know what they were up to, and you never would. So playing those kinds of characters now, I can draw on that. The rest of it, you can practice or learn from books. But mostly, I draw from my experiences. That's all I have, you know.
Jason Statham / Actor
Book
Character
Growing Up
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I feel that I have a certain amount of experience and I'm still learning so much. But a director's job is so vast; they have so much to do with the preparation. You have to be great with all kinds of personalities and you have to be very patient, there's a lot of skills I'm not sure if I have. So I don't know if I'm ready to direct, but who knows what the future has.
Jason Statham / Actor
Jobs
Personality
Skills
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