Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.
I think that's what art is: art is communication made in the hope that interesting miscommunications will arise.
I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.
I'd love to do live-action superheroes. And you know, I boxed for several years. I have some martial arts experience.
When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.
I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.
My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.
I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.
I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.
I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager.
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.
This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art.
I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
Washington Hogwallop: Mrs. Hogwallop up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T.
Homer Stokes: Those boys desecrated a burning cross!
Homer Stokes: And so, we gonna hang us a negro!
Pete: My pa always said "Never trust a Hogwallop!"
As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
