Quotes from Jason Statham

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.

Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go.

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

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

Whatever you do, do it to the extreme.

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.

A movie, it's like a very complicated timepiece. There's a lot of wheels in a watch. And some of those wheels, if they don't turn right, then, you know, the watch ain't gonna tell the time.

My productivity is overwhelming!

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

Without doing the big blockbusters, I wouldn't be able to find the money to go after little projects that I want to do.

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.

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

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

Science fiction I've always been a fan of.

Suits change a lot - the wide lapel thing, the fashion trends, the trousers change.

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

The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.

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.

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.

I want to work with Will Ferrell. I want to do, like, an action-comedy with him. How do I get the project for that? It's killing me. I've got all these great ideas, and the hardest thing is getting the material, the screenplay, you know.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

I thought 'The Bank Job' was a really quality movie.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.