Art Quote by Wong Kar-wai

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

Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote were "Lethal…

— Alfred Gough

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

— Scott Derrickson

A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just…

— Donnie Yen

I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Cinematically speaking, there's more of a striking appeal to karate. It's kicking and punching action. Jiu-jitsu is dudes rolling around and wrestling.

— Riley Stearns

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be…

— Jet Li

In my mind, martial arts movies are martial arts movies and action is action. It's quite different, because martial arts doesn't just have physical…

— Jet Li

I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are…

— Donnie Yen

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

— Donnie Yen

Every average person could learn and enjoy the ability to deal with situations and come out victorious. The idea of the martial arts is…

— Rickson Gracie

I wish there were more kung fu films. They are a part of our culture.

— Sammo Hung