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.
JACKIE CHANIn America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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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Coffee is a language in itself.
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You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
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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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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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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.
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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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I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.
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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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Money for me today does not really matter.
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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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