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I want to build up my philosophy… my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.

Jackie Chan

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.
JACKIE CHAN

Deal Eyes Mindset Myself Pressure Training Young
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 CHAN

Action Career Myself Short Star
Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
JACKIE CHAN

Control Freedom Need People
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Fame Growth Improvement Movie Myself Promotion
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Goodness Myself Small Thinking Try
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?’.
JACKIE CHAN

English Feeling Hollywood Humiliate Myself Past
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Best Build Director Man Myself Young
The best fights are the ones we avoid.
JACKIE CHAN

Avoid Best Fight
When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
JACKIE CHAN

Depression Learning Movie Myself See
I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.
JACKIE CHAN

Action Fight Life Myself Stardom Tired
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Audience Difficult Movie Myself Understand
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.
JACKIE CHAN

People Remember
As one tale ends, so another begins.
JACKIE CHAN

Beginning End Oneself Story
No matter how much more I practice, my English will never be perfect. If it is really terrible, I’ll correct it, but otherwise, I do it my Jackie Chan way.
JACKIE CHAN

Correct Myself Perfection Practice Terrible
Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
JACKIE CHAN

Feeling Help Myself People Time Work
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Hurt People Protection

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