If you're going to do something, do it with style!
Jason Statham
You only get one shot in your life, and you might as well push yourself and try things.
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.
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.
The most frustrating thing about injuries is that they take so bloody long to heal.
The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.
How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much hard work you do with the training.
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.
There's a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team.
I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.
I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.
I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be some namby-pamby lawyer, I'd want my money back.
It's good to step out of the box, but don't step out so far that you can't get back in.
Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.
Every single day has a different combination of exercises. It always changes, and that's what keeps things interesting.
I could take my grandma and put her in a cape, and they'll put her on a green screen, and they'll have stunt doubles come in and do all the action. Anybody can do it. They're relying on stunt doubles and green screen and $200 million budgets - it's all CGI created. To me, it's not authentic.
You should never assume about someone.
Suits change a lot - the wide lapel thing, the fashion trends, the trousers change.
High risk is high adrenaline.
People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.
People love stories about the mafia: 'The Godfather,' 'American Gangster.'
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.
My role model is Sly Stallone.
The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.
I tend to leave people alone that I admire.
Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.
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 been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.
I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.
Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go.
I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.
I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.
A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.
All exercise releases endorphins and makes you feel good.
I'm very fussy. I'm very hard to please.
I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.
I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.
Depending on the season, you'll find me outdoors doing an activity.
All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.
I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed.
Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.
Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great - or at least being active. You'll find your confidence. Without it, you're nothing. It's the remedy for everything.
I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.
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.
In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down.
'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.
When I was growing up, my dad didn't have weights, so he made himself a weight bench. Instead of a hand-me-down jacket, it was a hand-me-down weight bench.
Human nature says that you want a bargain, whether you want the goods or not. You think that something is a steal, you'll buy it.
I loved 'The Sweeney.'
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.
