Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
JACKIE CHANDo not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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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.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.
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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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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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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.
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I only want my work to make people happy.
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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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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I’m also an investor.
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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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The movie business is a big gamble.
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