Jackie Chan Quotes

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

It only hurts when I'm not laughing.

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.

I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.

I hate interviews - but you have to do them.

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.

In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.

The movie business is a big gamble.

My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary.

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.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.

I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.

Of course I get hurt.

Fifteen years ago, I really give up American market.

When I work I do it from my heart. And my heart is that I bring love to the world. When I travel around the world I bring my love. I bring so much love in my heart. I hope you can feel that.

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.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

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.

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

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

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.

Some people call Police Story the greatest action film of all time, and while I have to be humble and say that I disagree, it's definitely the favorite action film I've ever made.

Money for me today does not really matter.

I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.

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!"

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

I hope next time when we meet, we won't be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.

I want to show audiences I can act.

I thought I should forget Hollywood and go back to Hong Kong. I'm so lucky that finally Hollywood accepts my comedy fighting.

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.

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.

My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese.

One thing I did pick up from Cannonball Run was the use of bloopers and outtakes under the final credits, which I've done in all my movies since.

Jackie Chan is a myth.

The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.

I think as a celebrity, we have to teach the young generation how to speak with the old generation.

I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.

When I am making a film, I know what to do in front of a camera. What frightens me are the scenes with dialogue. Sometime they really want me to speak perfectly and I don't like that.

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.

I hope I can make some Hollywood-type action films like 'Batman' or 'Spiderman', action films like that. With some wire work, maybe wearing a mask. Like that.

I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.

I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.

If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

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.

My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. Listing what body parts he has broken

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.