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.
JACKIE CHANEvery 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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After all those years in Asia, I don’t have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and – Boom! – people go.
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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
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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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We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.
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I hate interviews – but you have to do them.
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I’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.
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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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The 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.
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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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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 build up my philosophy… my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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