Martial Arts Movie Quotes

“I turned to my mom and said, 'I'm going to be a martial arts movie star.' She didn't believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.”

— Scott Adkins

“Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.”

— Scott Adkins

“I haven't had a chance really to do a martial arts role, but I really want to. I want to act like Jackie Chan in a movie.”

— Brett Dier

“I watch mostly every martial arts movie ... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual meaning behind them, like samurai movies, or movies that have meditation.”

— Tony Jaa

“I love every type of martial arts, but with Muay Thai in general, I want to see it being brought to the public more. There is no movie that has Muay Thai incorporated into it, so I want to bring that to the public.”

— Tony Jaa

“One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I would love to do a Lara Croft type of thing that's really physical and tough. I want to have a gun and do martial arts. I would love to get paid to get into the best shape of my life.”

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

“I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.”

— Tamara Taylor

“Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.”

— Donnie Yen

“I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.”

— Dakota Goyo

“I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well - the language of martial arts movie fighting. It's a different thing; it's a different kind of logic.”

— Daniel Wu

“I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.”

— Jet Li

“I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.”

— Jet Li

“I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.”

— Jet Li

“I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.”

— Kellan Lutz

“It was 'Shaolin Temple,' Jet Li's first movie. That was the movie that got me to want to learn martial arts. Then I became a huge Jet Li/Jackie Chan fan after that.”

— Daniel Wu

“Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.”

— Jackie Chan

“To AMC's credit, I think what they saw was the show doesn't exist in the marketplace. They knew that there was a hunger for a martial arts show. They also knew that you have this strong tradition of martial arts cinema, so even though it's not branded by a novel or a comic book or an old movie or something, we do have the genre itself, which people love.”

— Alfred Gough