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
I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.
I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.
I'm impressed with the likes of Jet Li and Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee was a big hero of mine for many years. They're great influences.
Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.
That was a nasty cut; she had a couple stitches in there, ... She's wearing no clothes, so it's hard to protect yourself from any kind of shrapnel that's pinging around in the room. That particular sequence, there was glass, wood and material. ... I got a piece in the wrist and pulled that out, that's expected. It would be nice if we could avoid that kind of thing, but when you're making an action movie it's par for the course.
This time we throw as much s..t at him (Frank) as we could.
We are so used to making empty promises on a daily basis, ... Here's a guy who makes a promise to a kid and risks his own life to keep that word. So I think people think, 'Oh, I wish I could be that good.'
We're trying to make a movie that's interesting.
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.
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.
We were diving in caves. It wasn't totally safe.
The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing.
What do you mean for a change, mate? ... There are always more people more sinister than myself.
I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.