Jason Statham Quotes

Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.

I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.

I've constantly done my best to get the best material I can get with the best directors I can get to direct me.

I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!'

I'm just looking for a kind of project that will have a decent role and is something that I'll really enjoy doing. There are a lot more opportunities in television.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.

Knowing at the end of the day you get to go home and you can work on your own project is super rewarding as an actor.

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

I just want to keep working with great actors and try to be good at what I do.

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me. So, if I'm going to put my name to something and commit to something that's going to take up a lot of my time, it has to be something that I know is going to be enjoyable and worth my while. Otherwise, what's the point?

Even if I do one or two films a year, what is important is whether I'm getting to do the kind of work that I'm interested in.

I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them.

I don't feel like I necessarily juggle. I just feel like I'm focusing on being a singer/actor. That's what I am, and it's what I do.

After I finished working on the movie, I went back into the show again playing Riff, so it was an incredible time because I loved playing Riff in the theater and, of course, I loved playing Bernardo in the film. We had such a really beautiful time. We knew we were working on something of quality.

I've never looked at acting like a job. It's never been like that.

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

After I did television, I just felt I didn't have any more to give to the medium. And so I went back to the theatre and started directing and producing, and found I enjoyed it as much, if not more, than acting.

As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.

I've certainly had a bad attitude to my job on many occasions. Not since 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I've been rather a good boy and really given it everything when I've accepted a part since then, because I've been given much better parts in films.

Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work, and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.

It's true you can end up as rich as Croesus but the thing I enjoy about acting is doing lots of different kinds of things.

We actors are fortunate people, getting paid to do what we love - it's like getting paid to eat cake! There isn't much to complain about. In fact, on the days I have an off, I'm constantly telling my friends how I want to be on the sets because I miss it already.