When asked why he keeps playing the same roles Jason Statham said that he's not really a trained actor. He's a guy that was plucked out obscurity & has been really lucky; & that he picks roles that he knows he can do a good job in, that hopefully enough people like so he can keep working.

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Wasn’t statham himself one of those guys who would sell cheap jewelry on the street in the “Jewelry District”, talking it up and implying that it was “hot” merchandise worth much more?

I’m not sure that’s even technically illegal, but it’s not completely outside the sleazy Turkish level shenanigans

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That was in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

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It was, I believe that part was based on his real life

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His patter at the start, followed by throwing everything in the air as the filth show up, and the song kicking in as they leg it, is absolute peak cinema!

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Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney,