Jason Statham

“People love stories about the mafia: 'The Godfather,' 'American Gangster.'”

“I love getting dressed up in a suit because I don't do it all the time.”

“'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?”

“A lot of good actors are turning to TV.”

“I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.”

“I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.”

“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...”

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

“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....”

“I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.”

“'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...”

“I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.”

“In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down.”

“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...”

“There's a huge amount of faith and confidence in the stunt team.”

“My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.”

“A lot of the characters I've played before are heroic or invincible in some ways and not tuned into fear and anxiety and pain.”

“Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.”

“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.”

“Justin Lin has just been exceptional with what he does with that vehicular action.”