Jackie Chan – 22 Quotes

22 Quotes by Jackie Chan

The movie business is a big gamble.

– Jackie Chan

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.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

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.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

I give the children education.

– Jackie Chan

When I was young I didn’t care about education, just money and box office.

– Jackie Chan

I now have two different audiences. There’s the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.

– Jackie Chan

I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

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.

– Jackie Chan

Money for me today does not really matter.

– Jackie Chan

I really like children to watch my movies.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

I’ve choreographed all of my movies.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

– Jackie Chan

You cannot mix sports with politics.

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan

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

– Jackie Chan