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.
JACKIE CHANMartial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
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When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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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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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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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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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’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
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Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
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When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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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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I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I’m also an investor.
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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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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
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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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Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they 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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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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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 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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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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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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