Jason Statham
Jason Statham
Jason Statham is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Revolver. He has also appeared in films such as the action thriller The Transporter trilogy, the heist film The Italian Job, the black comedy/action film Crank, the action film War, the science fiction action thriller Death Race, the crime film The Bank Job, and the action series The Expendables. In 2015, Statham starred in...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 July 1967
CityShirebrook, England
Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.
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.
I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.
I like fashion. My mum was a dressmaker, believe it or not, so the consequence of that was that all my clothes were homemade, and I looked like a terrible mess until I was old enough to buy my own. But I love good tailoring.
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.
Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.
If anybody knows how to make action movies it's Sly.
Every sequel needs to be bigger and better.
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.
[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work.
It's not like I'm dying to do work that's taken seriously, and I'm not looking to become a thespian. It's not what I'm looking for; I'm just looking to do quality work.
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.
I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.
In L.A., it's very hard to have some kind of conscience of some style out there. The weather's too hot; there's no seasons.