Documentary Quote by Gareth Evans

I've known a lot of different martial arts before I came to know Silat.

— Gareth Evans

Silat is like kung fu, but close combat, and it has its own traditional character. In a lot of movies in Indonesia, it had…

— Iko Uwais

When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?

— Wong Kar-wai

There are a lot of movies made in Indonesia every year - some of them action-based - but so few actually feature silat.

— Iko Uwais

I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated.…

— Wong Kar-wai

I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I…

— Anonymous

I'm looked upon as a theater actor who happened to know martial arts before I got into the movies.

— Thomas Ian Griffith

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches.…

— Christian Cooke

There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema.

— Scott Derrickson

I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial…

— Olga Fonda

It was 'Shaolin Temple,' Jet Li's first movie. That was the movie that got me to want to learn martial arts. Then I became…

— Daniel Wu

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

— Wong Kar-wai