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 CHANBeing still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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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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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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It only hurts when I’m not laughing.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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Honestly, every movie I do in America, the only challenge for me is English. I’ve done everything already, for me it’s pretty easy. Only the English.
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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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We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.
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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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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.
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You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.
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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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I want to show audiences I can act.
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