Jackie Quotes

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you.

I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe.

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that.

The only stage direction Jackie ever gave him, George said was: 'If you want to stay in the picture, stay close to me.' The rest of the cast remembered a television director's adage.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.

I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis.

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.'

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

They called to tell me that I was going to be returning to RAW. I left immediately to run home and tell Jackie. She said, I have some news for you-I'm expecting.

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

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.