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"58 Jackie Chan Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 7 April 1954 | Martial artist | Actor | Film director | Producer |

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

Best Fights Avoid We
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Family is not who's blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you.

Family Blood Love You
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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.

Businesses Estate Financial Greatest
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

Ask Course Jackie Lot
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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

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

Computers Instead Jackie Like
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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.

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

Again Child Give He
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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.

After Anymore Asia Boom
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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?'.

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

Action All My Life Always Fighting
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
Action Action Movies Another Few
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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.

Adapting Cinema Cost Culture
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I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?.
Dilemma Hate Kind Violence
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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.

Ads Am Anyone Call
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Be The First Bruce Bruce Lee First
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

Bad Bad Guy Die Guy
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I want to show audiences I can act.
Act Audiences I Can Show
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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.

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

America I Can Kind Like
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When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions.

American American Film Because Doing
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
Before Make Safe Stunt
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I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.

Action Actor Audience Believe
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I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.

Everybody Family I Think Important
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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.

Artist Fighting Find Just
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Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

American American Film American Writers Directors
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More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador.

Am Ambassador Because China
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I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

Future Games I Love Included
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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.

Blah Crazy Each English
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In the real world, children love me.
Children Love Love Me Me
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Money for me today does not really matter.
Does Matter Me Money
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I've got a very interesting background.

Background Got Interesting Very
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I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

Barriers Cultural Feel Few
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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.

Affection Am Everyone Half
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

Confused Freedom Good Now
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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.

Beginning Being Chinese Controlled
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If there really is a god, then he really looks after me.

After God He Looks
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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

Go Karaoke Need Relax
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The movie business is a big gamble.

Big Business Gamble Movie
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

American American Audiences Asian Audiences
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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?'

Ask Filming Get Hours
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I only want my work to make people happy.

Happy Make Only People
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I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.

Everywhere Feel Film Get
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My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

Body Continue Dream Filming
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You cannot mix sports with politics.
Cannot Mix Politics Sports
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

Come Country Every Lot
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
Love Me Olympics Peace
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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.

Basically Cream Eat Everything
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
Downs Industry Many Movie
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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.

Diary Downstairs Exercise Goes
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