Jason Statham Quotes

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Jason Statham

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 12, 1972

Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.

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There's so many ways to play a bad guy, and usually people choose the obvious one.

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Yeah, I'd make a decent Bond. But it'd be very, very different if I did it.

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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.

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

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It's not like I am a junkie that wants to throw himself from very tall buildings, but some people are, and I love them kind of people.

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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.

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I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff.

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I'm into all things German. Everything that I own is German. As far as cars go, anyway.

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London and L.A. are two opposites - I like the difference.

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I don't have to pitch movies. I'm no good at it!

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I don't do isolation body building; I just do practical things that help me with the kind of things that are asked of me in action movies. You know, a lot of kick boxing, a lot of sparring.

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

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Most of the scripts that land on my desk are stuff you read and go, 'Is someone really gonna make this?'

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You don't usually meet directors on the streets.

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I think of Paul Feig as the Scorsese of comedy. He's the best at what he does. I think people just trust everything that he's got to say.

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The TV world is not what it used to be. I mean, the quality has become something quite exceptional.

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A lot of good actors are turning to TV.

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'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?

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It's great to play the hero. You get all the good stuff. You're in it all the way through.

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