I think ‘Hero’ is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula. — Jet Li

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. — Jet Li

I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old. — Jet Li

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies. — Jet Li

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something. — Jet Li

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key. — 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

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

I didn’t go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts. — Jet Li

Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts. — 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

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

Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy. — Jet Li

Love is more powerful than kicking ass. — Jet Li

Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life. — Jet Li

But recently I’ve, the past few years, I’m more focused on meditation. It’s not a physical part. It’s more mental part, to understand life. — Jet Li

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life. — Jet Li

I hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life–the relationship between parent and child. — Jet Li

I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life. — Jet Li

A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it. — Jet Li

You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero. — Jet Li

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy. — 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

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun. — Jet Li

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture. — Jet Li

Learn the way and find your own way. — Jet Li