Quotes by Jackie Chan

“Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.”

“I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, Ah yes, they good. Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.”

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

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

“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]”

“Dont try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”

“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.”

“Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they dont like. Some movie I like very much, it doesnt work. Some movie I dont like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.”

“Im crazy, but Im not too crazy.”

“After all those years in Asia, I dont have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and--Boom!--people go.”

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

You cannot mix sports with politics.

Dont try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

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

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 dont know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If youve got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.