Jason Scott Lee Quotes

#1. The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.

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#2. My father was a big Bruce Lee fan. He's Chinese-Hawaiian, and my mother is Chinese. He used to take us to all these really fantastical films with martial arts in them. And Bruce Lee was amazing.

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#3. Simplicity of living gives you sensitivity of character. A lot of people told me that leaving L.A. and moving to Volcano (district of the Big Island) would ruin my career, but that's my kuleana, my business.

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#4. 'Rapa Nui' is about the conflict in the 1600s on Easter Island. It's about the clash of the royal clan and the working class.

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#5. What is heard and how it is heard is more important than what you say.

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#6. A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.

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#7. I don't have a problem with enthusiasm.

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#8. I always thought success was from inside, so it was how diversified you were as a person and how cultivated or how much you cultivated yourself.

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#9. I farm taro. I have eight varieties of taro, which is a staple of the Hawaiian people from about 2,000 years ago, and sweet potatoes, and it's a sustainable living, agriculture, off the grid.

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