Quotes by Jean-Claude Van Damme

“What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasnt real.”

“I love karate, its like a bible to me. But deep inside Im so I mean, Im so sensitive.”

“God gave me a great body and its my duty to take care of my physical temple.”

“What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.”

“In an action film you act in the action. If its a dramatic film you act in the drama.”

“Ive become 40, my audience is partly the same age.”

“Ive got a talent to act. No matter what any newspapers say about me Im one of the most sensitive human beings on earth.”

“I am the Fred Astaire of karate.”

“I have to reinvent the brand name, because Im a brand name. Arnold (Schwarzenegger) knew how to do that.”

“Perhaps I shouldnt repeat this conversation.”

It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. Its kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.

You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.

God gave me a great body and its my duty to take care of my physical temple.

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

Its time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something Im proud of. Its time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and Im the king of video and so what?

Life is short. Im 47 years old. Ive got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. Ive made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?

My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.

I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, youll see a big church, stop and take a left, and youll have it. By doing this Im giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.

I dont have a bad relationship. Im 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And thats a life.

I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.