Jackie Chan Quotes
Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.
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.
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.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?
Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.
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.
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.
We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It's our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.
In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'
No matter how much more I practice, my English will never be perfect. If it is really terrible, I'll correct it, but otherwise, I do it my Jackie Chan way.
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.
I just couldn't stop thinking about what landmines are doing to people here. I told people - my friends - about it, but it was just not enough. I knew I had to do more.
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.
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?'.
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.
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.
