Quotes By Jackie Chan

Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

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?'.

My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary.

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 big box office. Very difficult.

I really like children to watch my movies.

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

I'm not a god - I do bad things.

I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

If there really is a god, then he really looks after me.

I give the children education.

I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

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

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

In every movie I do have a dialogue.

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.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

I'm afraid to fail again.

I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.

Money for me today does not really matter.

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.

When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions.

I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

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.

Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

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.

I play a nobody in Japan.

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.

I only want my work to make people happy.

Of course I get hurt.