Jason Statham Quotes

I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with Steve Carell. I've wanted to work with him since I met him years ago as a kid.

I want to star in an action-comedy, like 'The Rock' or 'Con Air.' Those are the movies I wanted to star in since I was a kid.

It'd be fun to do a comedy with someone like Sandra Bullock.

Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.

'The Whole Nine Yards' I liked right away. It was kind of a dark comedy at first. And just the idea of being in a movie with Bruce Willis was pretty exciting.

I love comedies, and I like sometimes comedies have a tendency to get a bit lazy. 'The Other Guys' was not lazy.

I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.

I do want to make powerful works of art with people, but I also just want to have fun. I've never done a romantic comedy - I'm sure it would be a blast.

We should do another 10 Bad Boys movies. I could come in in one of those electric wheelchairs, like Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, just shouting away.

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with a reputation of being an action guy. That's something I probably try to avoid, but I seem to keep making action movies.

I don't know if I'd do an action movie because I don't know if I could keep a straight face; honestly, I just think it's so silly. Like, I love watching them but I can't imagine me doing one.

'Jackass: The Movie' is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body.

'Yamla Pagla Deewana' is not slapstick but a situation based comedy.

I would love to do something like 'Beverly Hills Cop'. I'd get to be funny and cool and heroic all in the same breath.

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.

I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon.

I grew up with action movies in my head.

I'd never made a teen comedy in my life.

Brad Pitt's role in 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' - I want to do that so bad! That's one of my favorite movies of all time, and that character was so funny.

I'd like to do a romantic comedy like 'Notting Hill,' which is one of my favorite movies.

I want to do a romantic comedy that nobody thought I could do. And then do a comedy with Dan Aykroyd that is totally different from 'The Blues Brothers.' I'm a comic actor, but I'm an actor, too.

I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.'

I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.

I've always wanted to do a romantic comedy.