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"天生我才必有用 aka Jet Li, you light up my life!"
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天生我才必有用 aka Jet Li, you light up my life!
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Apr 23, 2009
- by Sharrie
- posted in Inspirations
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Technically, I am not a fan of Jet Li's movies & not an idol of him in his acting capabilities.
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His movies are entertaining enough & his acting good enough to be famous. Yet, I was not and am still not dying to catch his next movie.
BUT, as a person, he holds a great attraction for me. This revelation is a result of having watched an interview of him in Shanghai. From this 2 hours of interview (you'll need to understand Chinese to grasp the whole conversation which I'll try to upload here or link it to the site) and discussions about what he believes in, what he is currently venturing on, he has impressed upon me how similar we are in our believes & thought processes. That is a great revelation to me, to find someone out there whom I don't really know anything about for many years & then to instantly find that connection. On top of that, he convinces me about his cause. That is what most people would not be able to convince me of. & for that, I do admire him.
I shall not write to much about what his believes are here as I believe everyone has a chance to discover it for himself/herself (again, you need to understand Chinese to do so). It is a journey into one's core belief if you choose to watch these few videos. These videos have completely changed my prior perception of Jet Li the actor. It is the best interviews I've watched on CBN (China Business News, Shanghai) this year.
李连杰：慈善是一门生意（上） , 李连杰：慈善是一门生意（下）李连杰：天生我才必有用（上） , 李连杰：天生我才必有用（下）
Note: You need windows media player to play these videos.
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QUEENBFLIX
April 26, 2009
It certainly makes it difficult to understand since I don't speak or read Chinese in any dialect. It would have been nice if you had given us some kind of a hint what these beliefs you hold in common are since this affected you so deeply.
Sharrie
April 26, 2009
It's time to pick up Chinese ;-) Will try to paraphrase, but that takes the fun out of everything coz what affects me might not be something that affects you... The idea is that when you are ready for it, the teacher will appear :-)
QUEENBFLIX
April 26, 2009
Chinese can be a very complicated language, especially if you are tone deaf like me! Even the simplest dialect has 4 tones if I remember correctly.
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Love his movies+ a fellow wushu practicioner :-)
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Li Lianjie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, wushu champion, and international film star who is currently residing in Singapore. After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from wushu at age 17, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time In China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei Hung. His first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), but his first Hollywood film leading role was in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, most recently starring beside Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), also with Mark Dacascos in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and as the titular villain in The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser. He is set to star in the upcoming film The Expendables.
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Filmography:
The Hitman,
Kiss of the Dragon,
The Forbidden Kingdom,
Cradle 2 the Grave,
War,
Once Upon a Time in China III,
Fong Sai-Yuk 2,
The Warlords,
Kung Fu Cult Master,
Fong Sai Yuk,
High Risk,
Once Upon a Time In China,
Once Upon a Time in China II,
The New Legend of Shaolin,
The Bodyguard From Beijing,
Black Mask,
Once Upon a Time in China and America,
My Father is a Hero,
Lethal Weapon 4
TV Appearances:
The View,
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
Late Night With Conan O'Brien,
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,
Live With Regis and Kelly,
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Birth Date:
April 26, 1963
Birth Place:
Beijing, China
Height:
5' 6"
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