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.
JACKIE CHANAnyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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I want to build up my philosophy… my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
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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 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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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.
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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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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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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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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don’t go to the hospital, it’s nothing for me.
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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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You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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