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Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.

Jackie Chan

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 CHAN

Action Career Myself Short Star
When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
JACKIE CHAN

Choice Inspirational Life Myself
Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
JACKIE CHAN

Love Myself Peace Sports Unity
Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
JACKIE CHAN

Computer Study Technology Try
I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
JACKIE CHAN

Director Drama Hope Myself Production
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
JACKIE CHAN

Attitude Pride Worth
Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
JACKIE CHAN

Action Direction Education Entertainment Myself Production Responsibility Society
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Challenge Easy Honesty Movie Myself
I hope next time when we meet, we won’t be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
JACKIE CHAN

Drink Hope Myself Tea Time Togetherness
I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.
JACKIE CHAN

Crazy Myself Stupidity
Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.
JACKIE CHAN

Complete Deep Different Meditation
When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Education Learning Respect Yourself
I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I’m so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.
JACKIE CHAN

Acceptance Comedy Fight Forget Hollywood Luck Myself Thinking
Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
JACKIE CHAN

Choice Inspirational Life Ourselves Stand
In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can’t rate her highly enough.
JACKIE CHAN

Best Enough Female Herself High Idol Rate View
I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I’m also an investor.
JACKIE CHAN

Actor Director Investment Myself Production
I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
JACKIE CHAN

Eat Myself Run Training
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Help Learning People Weakness Yourself
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?’.
JACKIE CHAN

English Feeling Hollywood Humiliate Myself Past
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Hurt People Protection
Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
JACKIE CHAN

Control Freedom Need People
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
JACKIE CHAN

Adapt Cinema Culture Harm Lose Original Reflection Technology Yourself
I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
JACKIE CHAN

Bad Goodness Myself
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Crazy English Language Perfection Talk Togetherness Word
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.
JACKIE CHAN

Art Children Country Learning Myself Respect World Young
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.
JACKIE CHAN

Man Myself People Scare
Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
JACKIE CHAN

Music Myself Need Relax Time

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