I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn’t know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.
JACKIE CHANMartial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
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Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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No matter how much more I practice, my English will never be perfect. If it is really terrible, I’ll correct it, but otherwise, I do it my Jackie Chan way.
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Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world – and without him, I don’t think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.
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I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.
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When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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Officials of governments that use or produce landmines should be forced to see the reality of how landmines hurt people and make them suffer, because this would surely make them stop.
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Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‘Blah, blah, blah.’ That’s when I get crazy.
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The ads all call me fearless, but that’s just publicity. Anyone who thinks I’m not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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