Very 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.
JACKIE CHANI sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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I want to show audiences I can act.
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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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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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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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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 hate interviews – but you have to do them.
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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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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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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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I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn’t know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.
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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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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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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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I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
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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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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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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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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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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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