Jason Statham
Jason Statham
Jason Statham is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Revolver. He has also appeared in films such as the action thriller The Transporter trilogy, the heist film The Italian Job, the black comedy/action film Crank, the action film War, the science fiction action thriller Death Race, the crime film The Bank Job, and the action series The Expendables. In 2015, Statham starred in...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 July 1967
CityShirebrook, England
People like 'Crank,' some people like 'Redemption.' I'm just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit.
What do you mean for a change, mate? ... There are always more people more sinister than myself.
We are so used to making empty promises on a daily basis, ... Here's a guy who makes a promise to a kid and risks his own life to keep that word. So I think people think, 'Oh, I wish I could be that good.'
I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.
Usually I'm trying to work with people that I've worked with before, so we have a certain amount of know-how and what we're going to do together.
People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them.
And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.
It's hard to predict what kinds of people are going to enjoy it [film]. And what people ain't. That's the movies. You never know.
It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.
I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.
Sometimes there are people who don't know how to make action movies - and that situation isn't a good one.
A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.