Jackie Chan Quotes:- Jackie Chan (born 7 April 1954), is a Hong Konger martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer.
He is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself, in the cinematic world.
He has trained in Wushu or Kung Fu and Hapkido and has been acting since the 1960s, appearing in over 150 films.
Inspirational Jackie Chan Quotes
“I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.”-Jackie Chan
“We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.”-Jackie Chan
“I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid.”-Jackie Chan
“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”-Jackie Chan
“Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.”-Jackie Chan
“I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.”-Jackie Chan
“Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people because I feel that I am too lucky.”-Jackie Chan
“Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.”-Jackie Chan
70+ Greatest Jackie Chan Quotes
“Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.”-Jackie Chan
“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?’.”-Jackie Chan
“If you’re too free, you’re like the way Hong Kong is now. It’s very chaotic.”-Jackie Chan
“Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“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!'”-Jackie Chan
“Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”-Jackie Chan
“I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.”-Jackie Chan
“If there really is a god, then he really looks after me.”-Jackie Chan
“Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.”-Jackie Chan
“If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.”-Jackie Chan
“Sometimes I’d like to play the bad guy and sometimes I’d like to die in a movie.”-Jackie Chan
“The world is too violent right now.”-Jackie Chan
“You cannot mix sports with politics.”-Jackie Chan
50+ Legendary Jackie Chan Quotes
“A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course, I’m scared. I’m not Superman.”-Jackie Chan
“Actor’s life is very long.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“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 a big box office. Very difficult.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, ‘I don’t want to become like Bruce Lee’s son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.’ I just think my son is too lazy.”-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.”-Jackie Chan
“I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
Top 40 Most Inspiring Jackie Chan Quotes
“I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.”-Jackie Chan
“I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.”-Jackie Chan
“Cinema reflects the culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.”-Jackie Chan
“I want to show audiences I can act.”-Jackie Chan
“I know I have a responsibility to the fans.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“In America, there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.”-Jackie Chan
“I’ve choreographed all of my movies.”-Jackie Chan
“I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.”-Jackie Chan
“One day, I want to make a PG film.”-Jackie Chan
“I really like children to watch my movies.”-Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan Quotes About Education
“I give the children an education.”-Jackie Chan
“In every movie, I do have a dialogue.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.”-Jackie Chan
“More understand China, then more people will have an interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador.”-Jackie Chan
“I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.”-Jackie Chan
“In the real world, children love me.”-Jackie Chan
“Money for me today does not really matter.”-Jackie Chan
“I’ve got a very interesting background.”-Jackie Chan
“I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.”-Jackie Chan
“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.”-Jackie Chan
“I’m afraid to fail again.”-Jackie Chan
“The movie business is a big gamble.”-Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan Quotes About Film
“I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.”-Jackie Chan
“When I’m in meetings until 5 am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself ‘why?'”-Jackie Chan
“I hate interviews – but you have to do them.”-Jackie Chan
“I only want my work to make people happy.”-Jackie Chan
“I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.”-Jackie Chan
“I love to clean.”-Jackie Chan
“I like to give back.”-Jackie Chan
“I have a metal plate in my head and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.”-Jackie Chan
“My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.”-Jackie Chan
“Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.”-Jackie Chan
“Olympics for me is love, peace, united.”-Jackie Chan
“I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.”-Jackie Chan
“I play nobody in Japan.”-Jackie Chan
Top 10 Jackie Chan Quotes And Sayings
“When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.”-Jackie Chan
“I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.”-Jackie Chan
“I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.”-Jackie Chan
“When I was young I didn’t care about education, just money, and box office.”-Jackie Chan
“I’m not a god – I do bad things.”-Jackie Chan
“When you are learning about martial art, it is about respect.”-Jackie Chan
“I want to be in ‘Avatar’. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man.”-Jackie Chan
“I don’t want to be an action star; action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.”-Jackie Chan
“My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.”-Jackie Chan
“Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.”-Jackie Chan
“I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star – I am an actor, too.”-Jackie Chan
“I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn about the special effects.”-Jackie Chan
“When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.”-Jackie Chan
“When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.”-Jackie Chan
