Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don’t like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn’t work. Some movie I don’t like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.
JACKIE CHANI think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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I want to show audiences I can act.
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Everyone is saying that I’m retiring, but I want to solemnly declare, that I don’t want to retire, I just want to do things a bit less dangerous to my body, less dangerous action.
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When 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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I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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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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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‘Jackie Who?’.
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Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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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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As one tale ends, so another begins.
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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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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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Every time I make an American film I just trust the American director and American writer. Myself, I would never make this kind of film. For me, those kinds of films are ridiculous. They don’t make sense.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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