Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
JACKIE CHANCinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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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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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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I 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.
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I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
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I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, ‘Ah yes, they good.’ Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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I only want my work to make people happy.
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Family is not who’s blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you.
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I sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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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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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 life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
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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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I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.
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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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As one tale ends, so another begins.
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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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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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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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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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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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I hope next time when we meet, we won’t be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
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