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Bruce Lee
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A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.
— Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon (1973); In a conversation with an older member of the temple.
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
- Fame80.7
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#143
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- Fame80.7
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#143
- Directors rank#16
- Wikipedia544.5K
Lived 1940–1973, aged 33United States
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Updated 2026-06-21
He turned martial arts into a global film language, then died at 32 before the full wave hit. His five feature roles rewrote how fight scenes moved, what Asian leads could be, and why the West suddenly cared about kung fu.
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Born in San Francisco in 1940, raised in Hong Kong by a film-industry father, Lee trained Wing Chun under Ip Man, won a boxing tournament, and fought on rooftops before moving to Seattle in 1959. He opened martial arts schools while studying at the University of Washington, teaching students like Chuck Norris and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after relocating to Los Angeles. American TV gave him Kato in The Green Hornet, but Hong Kong gave him leading roles: The Big Boss and Fist of Fury in 1971–72, then The Way of the Dragon, which he wrote and directed. Enter the Dragon, the American co-production, ar…
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Bruce Lee
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Don't think, feel....it is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory!
— Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon (1973); In a training session with one of the temple students.
Bruce Lee
said
When I look around, I always learn something: to be always yourself, and to express yourself, to have faith in yourself.
— Radio interview with Ted Thomas (1972)
Bruce Lee
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Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people — because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it — I don't care how good you are.
— Bruce Lee interview on the Pierre Berton Show (1971)
Bruce Lee
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You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being.
— Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview (1971)
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- California Hall of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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