Top 187 Quotes & Sayings by Jason Statham - Page 3

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.

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

Each director maintains a different personality. Either you get along, or you don't.

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

There's something quite fascinating with crooks and criminals and all things against the law.

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.

Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.

Usually, if you've got a great script, everything falls into place.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

In my misspent youth, I was risky.

There's so much more danger in someone where you really don't know what they're going to do, and you don't know what they're really capable of, rather than someone who's trying to be physically tough.

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

I love the hip-hop scene.

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

Every movie you do, you find something in yourself that you probably didn't know that you had, and a director will find something in you that you can nurture and find and bring for the next one.

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

When I was a kid, the people that used to push other people around, if someone whacked them, then they wouldn't be pushing people around again. But you can't really do that with adults.

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

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

I was running around and bouncing out of the pram as a baby.

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

'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.

I do like a lot of the '70s movies. I love Charles Bronson in 'Hard Times.' All my favorite movies where ones from yesteryear. The '70s was a good era. I love all those.

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.

If you can have a great story that people can follow the mystery and get the suspense, and then you have those moments of tension and a splash of visual fun, then you kind of get everything. You get your money's worth.

I've always got a home in England. My family and friends are there. It's a place I hold very close to me.

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.

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

The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.

Depending on the season, you'll find me outdoors doing an activity.

It's good to step out of the box, but don't step out so far that you can't get back in.

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

A lot of good actors are turning to TV.

You don't usually meet directors on the streets.

For years, I've been wanting to do something that has a bit more of a dramatical drive and combine it with some action.

Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.

My productivity is overwhelming!

I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.

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

There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie: the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations.

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

Science fiction I've always been a fan of.

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

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.

Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and a half of nonsense.

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.

Growing up where I did, you met a lot of colorful characters whose business was on the other side of the law, or more likely you didn't know what they were up to, and you never would. So playing those kinds of characters now, I can draw on that. The rest of it, you can practice or learn from books. But mostly, I draw from my experiences. That's all I have, you know.

You only get one shot in your life and you might as well push yourself and try things. There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie; the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations. It's a great, great thing to be involved in if you have the headspace for it, and I do. Try anything once.

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.

Usually I'm trying to work with people that I've worked with before, so we have a certain amount of know-how and what we're going to do together.

I'm used to being efficient and a guy that can do more than the average guy can.

I should never go with rumors because they're often not correct.

I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.

When I'm getting ready for a movie, let's just say my diet is "The Antisocial Diet." I don't go to restaurants. I don't eat what I really want to eat. I don't eat much. I eat small things frequently. Lots of protein and greens. And I don't eat with people, because there's a tendency to get social and then to overeat.

I like to relax. Spend it with people that I've grown up with, or people that I care about, and just relax, sit around doing nothing or sitting on a beach.

If anybody knows how to make action movies it's Sly.

There is something about yourself that you don't know.

I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to map out a strategic plan by saying, 'If I do that, that's going to get me to the next level.' I think that's the wrong way to go into movies as an actor. It doesn't happen for me that way.

Every sequel needs to be bigger and better.

I was a sportsman for years. I've always had a physical background. I've always had an interest in boxing and fighting. To get physical in films is a dream. I love it.