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 CHANWhen 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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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
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It only hurts when I’m not laughing.
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I hate interviews – but you have to do them.
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In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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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.
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The best fights are the ones we avoid.
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Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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I only want my work to make people happy.
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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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I hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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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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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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As one tale ends, so another begins.
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