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1625 Film director Quotes

What is” is more important than ‘what should be.’ Too many people are looking at ‘what is’ from a position of thinking ‘what should be’.

More Should People Think
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Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.
Endure Cease Work Lost
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The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a pattern of systems.

Life Trade Squeeze Pattern
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One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to s

Harmony Strength Force Natural
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Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strangle confidence.

Allow Negative Weed Mind
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Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged
Man Defeat Discourage Remember
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It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you’re being knocked down, ‘Why am I being knocked down?’ If a person can reflect in this way, then there is ho

Shame Knock Down Reflect
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Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, ' I apologize.' Except at a funeral.

Sorry Same Apologize Funeral
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Love is like a friendship caught on fire: in the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Love Friendship Caught Fire
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The world doesn't make sense until you force it to.

World Sense Until Force
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If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

Calling Ever Getting Hanged
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Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

Because Confusing Die Fun
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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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The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.
Write Journalism Show Business
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You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.

Virtue After Operate Sinful
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I'll make it. I won't die. I've got too much I have to do to let myself die.

Die Myself Make Won't
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The rain on my chest is a baptism - I'm born again.

Rain Chest Baptism Born
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When you got a condition, it's bad to forget your medicine.

Medicine Condition Forget Bad
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I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.

Mvie Comic Book Thinking
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To become successful in anything, you need to love what you do and have a strong passion for it.
Passion Strong Love Become
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Growth is a gradual process and you must aspire to it every day.

Day Process Aspire Gradual
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You can’t move forward in life without having someone to follow or inspire you. So, learn from your ideals.

Move Follow Life Ideals
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When there’s a lot of passion inside you, you do not really care about obstacles. You just pursue what you were born to.

Born Pursue Passion Inside
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Glamour is good but the moment you lose sight of your humility, the balance gets distorted. So, be a person of substance.

Person Sight Lose Moment
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Always believe that you can create something for yourself, believe that you can make things happen.

Believe Create Happen Things
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Do something for yourself and try to create an impact. Let your passion be well expressed and every other thing will follow.

Yourself Create Impact Passion
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The secret is not for you to venture into business because you think people are making money. You need to do your research. You also need to have an understanding of finance.

Secret Venture Business Making money
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When you want to attract people to buy a product, they must have a certain level of likeness for the product.

People Product Likeness Attract
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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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