Jason Statham interview
by Tufail: Jason Statham
Jason Statham opened up about how he stumbled into Hollywood entirely by accident. "I'm not an actor really. I used to work selling jewelry on the street," he said. "I just got into this by being at the right place at the right time. I was working in the street selling jewelry and I got plucked from obscurity.
Transcript (en)
You know, I'm not an actor really. I mean, I used to, you know, work jewelry and pitch jewelry on the streets. Pitching modeling. You're right. You know, as a sportsman for years, I'm not really some thespian that can adopt and chameleon himself into different roles. I just got into this by, you know, being at the right place at the right time. I was, you know, working in the street selling jewelry and I got plucked from obscurity into the movie industry. So it's not like I spent years honing out to do different accents or pretending, you know, working on my craft, whatever it is. That stupid line, you know, that doesn't apply to me. So, you know, I accept what I'm good at or if I'm well, I might not be good at any of it, but I accept what I feel that I'm confident at and just try and go with the flow in that direction, you know.
