In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
JACKIE CHANI hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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As one tale ends, so another begins.
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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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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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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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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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I sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people.
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When I look at young kids today I just don’t believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they’re suicidal. They cannot take the pressure.
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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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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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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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Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
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Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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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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I hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.
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The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.
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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 show audiences I can act.
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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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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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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 really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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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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I only want my work to make people happy.
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