When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'

Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.

Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

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

Family is not who's blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.

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.

I don't get along with people who think they know everything and everyone.

The goal is to learn to be nurturing with yourself so you can feel free.

You may know me... But you have no idea who I am...

It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85.

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.

To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.

Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one