Jason Statham
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Biography
Jason Statham is an English actor. He is known for being typecast as tough, gritty, or violent characters in action thriller films, and has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s.
"I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive."
"It wasn't actually in the Olympic Games, but I spent 12 years on the national squad. And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble."
"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."
"We chose Jason because we wanted our model to look like a normal guy. His look is just right for now: very masculine and not too male-modelly."
"And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble."
"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."
"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."
"A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action."
"And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment."
"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."
"It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies."
"Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies."
"I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash."
"And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble."
"I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke."
"Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set, and you're working out, you're going to feel good."
"'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."
"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."
"There's a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team."
"My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid."
"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."
"I'm into all things German. Everything that I own is German. As far as cars go, anyway."
"I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed."
"A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids."
"When I was growing up, my dad didn't have weights, so he made himself a weight bench. Instead of a hand-me-down jacket, it was a hand-me-down weight bench."