Jason Statham Quotes

“A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.”

“A lot of the characters I've played before are heroic or invincible in some ways and not tuned into fear and anxiety and pain.”

“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.”

“Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.”

“All of the stunt men – these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.”

“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.”

“Every single day has a different combination of exercises. It always changes, and that's what keeps things interesting.”

“High risk is high adrenaline.”

“How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much hard work you do with the training.”

“Human nature says that you want a bargain, whether you want the goods or not. You think that something is a steal, you'll buy it.”

“I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.”

“I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.”

“I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time.”

“I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.”

“I love the hip-hop scene.”

“I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.”

“I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.”

“I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.”

“I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be some namby-pamby lawyer, I'd want my money back.”

“I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.”

“I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.”

“I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.”

“I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.”

“I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.”

“I'm very fussy. I'm very hard to please.”

“I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.”

“I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.”

“I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.”

“I've smashed myself around, been on crutches, and broken a couple of bones when I was a kid.”

“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.”