Jackie Chan Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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.”
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“I hate interviews - but you have to do them.”
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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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“I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.”
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“When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.”
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“When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'”
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“I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.”
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“Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.”
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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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“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 action star's life is very short. Back in Asia, I can do whatever I want to do. I'm the producer, I'm the director, I can do so many things, but in Hollywood any time I present a script they say: "No, no, no, Rush Hour 3, Rush Hour 4."”
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“My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary.”
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“I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I'm so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.”
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“I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.”
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“When I came to Hollywood, I spoke no English - except nobody bullied me. Every day, I had nothing to do except training in English, to keep talking.”
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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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“I think as a celebrity, we have to teach the young generation how to speak with the old generation.”
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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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“I love animals. When I was young, I had two St. Bernards, I still have a dog, I have a lot of cats in my company. My wife always says, "You spend a lot of money on animals. More than even me!"”
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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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“Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don't go to the hospital, it's nothing for me.”
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“I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.”
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“If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.”
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“Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”
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“We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.”
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“Sometimes you think the movie is good and BOOM! Sometimes you think it's no good. BAAM! The movie business is a big gamble. You never know.”
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“When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.”
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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. If there really is a god, then he really looks after me. All these years he's taken care of me, my career keeps getting better and better. Whatever I want just seems to come. And it keeps coming. So I promised myself that I have to pay for this, payback society. So this is why I started my Jackie Chan Foundation to help children and sick kids and people in hospitals.”
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“We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.”
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