Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
JACKIE CHANVery difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don’t like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn’t work. Some movie I don’t like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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I hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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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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If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?
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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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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I’m so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.
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I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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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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In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can’t rate her highly enough.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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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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I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
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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 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.
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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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My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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It only hurts when I’m not laughing.
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Money for me today does not really matter.
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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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When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
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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.
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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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I only want my work to make people happy.
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Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
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Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.
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