Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
JACKIE CHANA lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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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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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 hope next time when we meet, we won’t be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‘Jackie Who?’.
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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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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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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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We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
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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.
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