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