80 Significant Jackie Chan Quotes

'“Coffee is a language in itself.”'

'“I am really, really tired.”'

'“Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.”'

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

'“You don’t need a reason to be nice to someone.”'

'“The best fights are the ones we avoid.”'

'“I only want my work to make people happy.”'


'“Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things.”'

'“The world isn’t that big, but it’s not that small either, and connections between two human beings are always a little mystical.”'

'“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”'
'“We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.”'

'“I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.”'

'“You don’t get to do over parts or go back and change your path. Your life is decided by your character and the decisions you make in the moment.”'

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

' “If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?”'

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

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

'“Of course I get hurt.”'

'“Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.”'

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

'“Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.”'

'“American movies show you how to fight and break armsand necks. I want to make the action in my movies like dancing.”'

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

'“When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.”',
'“As one tale ends, so another begins.”'

'“Sometimes I’d like to play the bad guy and sometimes I’d like to die in a movie.”'

'“Family is not who’s blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you.”'

'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’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.”'

'“We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.”',
'“I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.”'

'“When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.”'

'“I just couldn’t stop thinking about what landmines are doing to people here. I told people – my friends – about it, but it was just not enough. I knew I had to do more.”'

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

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

'“Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don’t go to the hospital, it’s nothing for me.”'

'“Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.”'

'“I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.”'

'“Olympics for me is love, peace, united.”'

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

'“Martial arts is for defense. It’s not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.”'

'“I do small things. I try to do good things every day.”'

'“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.”'

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

'“Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world – and without him, I don’t think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.”'

'“Sometimes, I’m very embarrassed.”'

'“You cannot mix sports with politics.”'

'“Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.”'

'“I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.”'

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

'“Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.”'

' “When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.”'

'“A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.”'

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

'“I play a nobody in Japan.”'

'“I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.”'

'“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.”'

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

'“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.”',
'“No matter how much more I practice, my English will never be perfect. If it is really terrible, I’ll correct it, but otherwise, I do it my Jackie Chan way.”'

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'“We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.”'

'“Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.”'

'“The movie business is a big gamble.”'

'“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.”'

'“Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.”'

'“I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn’t know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.”'

'“Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I’ll continue to do it.”'

'“It only hurts when I’m not laughing.”'

'“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’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.”'

'“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 want to show audiences I can act.”'

'“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!’”'

'“Money for me today does not really matter.”'

'“I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.”',
'“I hope next time when we meet, we won’t be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.”'

'In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.”',
'“We’re all the same inside.”'

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

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