Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
JACKIE CHANI really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
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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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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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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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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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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
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I hate interviews – but you have to do them.
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Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
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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 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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Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
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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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You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
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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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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 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 hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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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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