The best fights are the ones we avoid.
JACKIE CHANBeing still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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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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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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When I work I do it from my heart. And my heart is that I bring love to the world. When I travel around the world I bring my love. I bring so much love in my heart. I hope you can feel that.
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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 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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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 hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world – and without him, I don’t think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.
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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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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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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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When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
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I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I’m so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.
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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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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’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‘Blah, blah, blah.’ That’s when I get crazy.
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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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When I look at young kids today I just don’t believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they’re suicidal. They cannot take the pressure.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I want to build up my philosophy… my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
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