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Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.

Jackie Chan

As one tale ends, so another begins.
JACKIE CHAN

Beginning End Oneself Story
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
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Action Body Dangerous Declaration Myself Retirement
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Challenge Easy Honesty Movie Myself
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
Family is not who’s blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you.
JACKIE CHAN

Blood Family Love Yourself
It only hurts when I’m not laughing.
JACKIE CHAN

Hurt Laughter Myself Pain
When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
JACKIE CHAN

Choice Inspirational Life Myself
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
JACKIE CHAN

Man Myself People Scare
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Force Government Official Reality Stop Suffering
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Believe Children Myself Parents Pressure Suicide Young
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Crazy English Language Perfection Talk Togetherness Word
In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
JACKIE CHAN

Kind Movie Myself Way
I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Children Country Learning Myself Respect World Young
When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
JACKIE CHAN

Depression Learning Movie Myself See
Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
JACKIE CHAN

Choice Inspirational Life Ourselves Stand
Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
JACKIE CHAN

Music Myself Need Relax Time
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Director Kind Movie Myself Ridiculous Time Trust
I hope next time when we meet, we won’t be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
JACKIE CHAN

Drink Hope Myself Tea Time Togetherness
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
JACKIE CHAN

Circumstance Control Yourself
I only want my work to make people happy.
JACKIE CHAN

Happiness Myself People Work
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Crazy Fear Mindset Myself Scare Thinking
I want to show audiences I can act.
JACKIE CHAN

Act Audience Myself
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Children Discipline Education Learning Right Young
Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
JACKIE CHAN

Complete Deep Different Meditation
I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
JACKIE CHAN

Encouragement Laugh Myself Peace People Try World
I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
JACKIE CHAN

Director Drama Hope Myself Production

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