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 CHANWhen I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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I sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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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 want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I’m also an investor.
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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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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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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.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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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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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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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.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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