I don’t want to be an action star, an action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
JACKIE CHANWhen I was a young stunt guy the director would say: “You’re useless” But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That’s how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.
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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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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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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 do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
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In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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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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We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.
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I hate interviews – but you have to do them.
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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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In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can’t rate her highly enough.
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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
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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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The best fights are the ones we avoid.
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Honestly, every movie I do in America, the only challenge for me is English. I’ve done everything already, for me it’s pretty easy. Only the English.
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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.
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