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I do small things. I try to d...

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

I don't want to be an action ...

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 185 quotes

The life of an action star is...

The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

I just want people to remembe...

I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

I now have two different audi...

I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

A lot of people ask me when I...

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 185 quotes

Why did I become Jackie Chan?...

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

After all those years in Asia...

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

I'm gradually beginning to fe...

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 Chan 185 quotes

Being a stunt coordinator, I ...

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

Sometimes I do need to go to ...

Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

We learn martial arts as help...

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

For me the greatest source of...

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

Since the child knew his pare...

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

It is totally different makin...

It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

Don't try to be like Jackie. ...

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

In the past when I was in Hol...

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 185 quotes

As a father, I always want my...

As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

Jackie Chan is a myth. ...

Jackie Chan is a myth.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

You cannot mix sports with po...

You cannot mix sports with politics.

Jackie Chan 185 quotes

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