I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
JACKIE CHANI’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
JACKIE CHANMost of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
JACKIE CHANMartial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
JACKIE CHANSpeaking 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.
JACKIE CHANI’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.
JACKIE CHANLife will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
JACKIE CHANIn 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?’.
JACKIE CHANSometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
JACKIE CHANAnyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
JACKIE CHANWhen I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
JACKIE CHANWhen life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
JACKIE CHANThe children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.
JACKIE CHANI’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
JACKIE CHANKung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.
JACKIE CHANChinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
JACKIE CHANA lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
JACKIE CHAN