Quotes from Jason Statham


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We were diving in caves. It wasn't totally safe.


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.


People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them.


I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.


Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.


The insurance of working with a big, already successful franchise just gives you the chance to do other things on a more personal level.


If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.


The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.


People like 'Crank,' some people like 'Redemption.' I'm just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit.


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.


I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.


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.


I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.


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.


I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.


I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.


Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone's got a free range for you.


I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.


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.


The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing.