Quotes from Jackie Chan


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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.


In every movie I do have a dialogue.


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


Of course I get hurt.


In the real world, children love me.


I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man.


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


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


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


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


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


Coffee is a language in itself.


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.


I've got a very interesting background.


My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.


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.


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?'.


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


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


Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.