I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.
I hope next time when we meet, we won't be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.
When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?
I only want my work to make people happy.
When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough.
When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode.
Even during the promotion I told people that I didn't like Rush Hour. The jokes I didn't understand and the fighting, compared to my Hong Kong films was terrible. A lot of people didn't like it. But mostly people did like it, they really liked it. Rush Hour really brought me to the American family audience.
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
In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing now is the right thing, your main concern should be taking care of yourself, and not doing action at your age." Well, after first feeling angry, I'd think, to be honest, I really am older. So I thought, all right, but before I retire I'd like to make one last major action film, one good one.
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.
I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid.
Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.
No matter how much more I practice, my English will never be perfect. If it is really terrible, I'll correct it, but otherwise, I do it my Jackie Chan way.
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
