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 CHANI thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I’m so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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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 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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Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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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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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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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world – and without him, I don’t think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.
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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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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’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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I want to show audiences I can act.
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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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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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In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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