Quotes About Jaa

#1. 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

#2. My happiness is being able to present my talents for people to see, and I feel like I'm an ambassador of Thai history and Thai culture on film so that people can see Muay Thai.

Tony Jaa

#3. Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Tony Jaa

#4. After doing a bunch of movies as a stuntman, I realized that being a stuntman, you are in the shadow of the actor, and they don't get to see your true ability, and I wanted people to see that it was really me doing those stunts, and it was really my true abilities.

Tony Jaa

#5. I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.

Jason Statham

#6. I'm inspired by my master's movie 'Kerd ma lui,' Bruce Lee's 'Fists of Fury,' and Jackie Chan's 'Police Story.'

Tony Jaa

#7. I was broke when I lived in New York City during college, so I'd spend weekends walking around town, grabbing something to eat, and interacting with strangers. That ritual has stuck with me.

Jenji Kohan

#8. Bruce Lee's fast pace, Jet Li's pretty style and Jet Li's acrobatics combine with Muay Thai for my own style.

Tony Jaa

#9. Stop doing what you're able to do and figure out what you were made to do - then do lots of that.

Bob Goff

#10. I don't really want to be compared to Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan, but I really feel honored and really proud that people actually see me as them or similar to them, and because they are my inspiration for what I have become today. I am really honored that people compare me to those people.

Tony Jaa

#11. As a director, I think it is important to keep a space between yourself and your film. It's like you are in the movie, but at the same time you are watching it from the outside.

Tony Jaa

#12. The train rolled right through dinner and over the sunset and around ten o'clock and into a nap and out the next day...

Lindsay Mattick

#13. I had the opportunity to go cast for a Hollywood film that was filming in Thailand called 'Mortal Kombat 2.' Out of 100 people, I was cast to be the stunt double for Robin Shou.

Tony Jaa

#14. People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.

Kapil Sharma

#15. We have a master who deserves radical sacrifice.

David Platt

#16. I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart.

Tony Jaa

#17. 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

#18. I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

Harold Pinter

#19. We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.

Ally Condie

#20. I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

Tony Jaa

#21. I have been a big fan of the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise. The films are fast-paced, fun and keep the audience involved. There is a great mix of humor and action, something I really appreciate.

Tony Jaa

#22. I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Gabourey Sidibe

#23. Victory does not come to cowards;it comes to the brave ones.

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#24. People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life.

Pete Sampras

#25. The Gods rank work above virtues.

Hesiod