Famous Quotes

Quotes by Jackie Chan

• American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
• Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
• Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
• Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
• Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
• 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.
• I give the children education.
• 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.
• I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.
• 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.
• I really like children to watch my movies.
• I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.
• I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
• I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
• I've choreographed all of my movies.
• Money for me today does not really matter.
• Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
• The movie business is a big gamble.
• When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
• When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.
• When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
• You cannot mix sports with politics.