I spend more time learning about Buddhism than English, which is why my English today is still bad. – Jet Li
Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie. – Jet Li
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. – Jet Li
Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the ’70s. – Jet Li
Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong. – Jet Li
My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures. – Jet Li
I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. – Jet Li
Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun. – Jet Li
While films are a very visual and emotional artistic medium, video games take it one step further into the realm of a unique personal experience. – Jet Li
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. – Jet Li
My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy. – Jet Li
Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate. – Jet Li
I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience. – Jet Li
In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It’s very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away. – Jet Li
You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love. – Jet Li
