The TV world is not what it used to be. I mean, the quality has become something quite exceptional. – Jason Statham
It’s great to play the hero. You get all the good stuff. You’re in it all the way through. – Jason Statham
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
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
I really enjoyed working with Guy Ritchie. One, it gave me a career, and two, they’re probably a couple of the best films I’ve ever done. – Jason Statham
Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I’m interested in practical strength that’s going to help me run, jump, twist, punch. – Jason Statham
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. – Jason Statham
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. – Jason Statham
I’ve smashed myself around, been on crutches, and broken a couple of bones when I was a kid. – Jason Statham
You can’t be pretentious about what we do, because at the end of the day, movies are about entertainment, and if people get 10 dollars’ worth, then that’s okay. – Jason Statham
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. – Jason Statham
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
All of the stunt men – these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They’re risking their necks. – Jason Statham
I’m prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like. – Jason Statham
‘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
Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately. – Jason Statham
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
