Latest Jackie Chan Quotes from Interviews

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• Honestly, every movie I do in America, the only challenge for me is English. I've done everything already, for me it's pretty easy. Only the English.

  Jackie Chan

  America, Challenges, Done

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• One thing we haven't mentioned is something everyone should understand very clearly. Look at the budget that was invested in 'Avatar': who in China has that kind of money to spend on making a movie? So we as Chinese filmmakers should work together to make Chinese movies that can compete as best we can for Chinese audiences, not make lousy movies, but make the best we can for that audience. Concentrate the money, the talent we have on making good movies [for China].

  Jackie Chan

  Good Movie, Chinese, Together

• China produces 600 movies in a year, of which 3 or 4 go abroad, while of the several hundred they make, we only bring in 50. It's 50 now, but that could be expanded later on.

  Jackie Chan

  Years, China, Produce

• I'm very pessimistic about that, no matter how hard we may try. The Chinese market is huge, but out of last year's $2 billion box office, $1.8 billion was taken in by foreign movies, and just $200 million by our own movies, no matter how much we have learned of their techniques, or their good practices. The Hollywood movies imported into China are all good movies; does the U.S. make lousy movies? Yes, too many lousy movies, but the imports are good films, so how can they not be box office hits? They're all hits.

  Jackie Chan

  Taken, Years, Practice

• Actually, the few good Chinese movies that foreign countries choose to import are Zhang Yimou's, and mine, a few directors, but how many movies can we make in a year? We can only make a few, while they turn them out continuously.

  Jackie Chan

  Country, Years, Chinese

• Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts from us. But about a decade ago, Hollywood began bringing in a number of our action choreographers, including two from my own stunt crew, where they became martial arts directors. Now, a decade later, Hollywood has learned it all, so when you look at the action films they're making now, they all use our action, our martial arts, and then add to that their own technology which is ten times better than ours, and it has to leave us dumbfounded: how did they film that?

  Jackie Chan

  Art, Technology, Two

• I hope I can make some Hollywood-type action films like 'Batman' or 'Spiderman', action films like that. With some wire work, maybe wearing a mask. Like that.

  Jackie Chan

  Wire, Wearing A Mask, Hollywood

• I've been preparing [Chinese Zodiac] for seven years, spent seven years on writing the script, spent over a year on filming it.

  Jackie Chan

  Writing, Years, Zodiac

• I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I'm also an investor.

  Jackie Chan

  Stress, Want, Directors

• Everyone is saying that I'm retiring, but I want to solemnly declare, that I don't want to retire, I just want to do things a bit less dangerous to my body, less dangerous action.

  Jackie Chan

  Body, Want, Action

• 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.

  Jackie Chan

  Past, Thinking, Feelings

• I'm sure that Zhang Lanxin could be an outstanding action movie actress. For one thing, she wouldn't require a stand-in. As for Yao Xingtong, she might be an excellent action performer in her next life.

  Jackie Chan

  Might, Next, Actresses

• First, there are many who can fight, but they're small in stature; Zhang Lanxin is 177 cm [5'9"+] tall, with very long hands and legs, and very quick. In the scenes, I tried to show all of her special strengths and qualities. Plus, Zhang Lanxin has extraordinary staying power: it was only yesterday at the airport that I saw her cell phone photos from the hospital where she was having blood clots in her knee being cleared up, and I hadn't known till then that she had this problem.

  Jackie Chan

  Fighting, Airports, Phones

• In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough.

  Jackie Chan

  Artist, Views, Female

• I asked each if [Yao Xingtong and Zhang Lanxin] was afraid of heights. Each said no, and although they had never had the action movie experience they were willing to be trained. Then I asked if they could swim, and each said yes, but she (gestures toward YX) is better. She said, I can also dive, in fact I once won a diving championship in an international competition. Then she said, "But big brother, I'm not very strong," and I said that's all right.

  Jackie Chan

  Strong, Brother, Swim

• Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.

  Jackie Chan

  Long, Acting, Fans

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• When I try to speak perfectly then I am not Jackie Chan anymore. Some words sound like I am trying too hard. The whole thing is not me.

  Jackie Chan

  Trying, Sound, Speak

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• 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.

  Jackie Chan

  Practice, Perfect, Matter

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• When I am making a film, I know what to do in front of a camera. What frightens me are the scenes with dialogue. Sometime they really want me to speak perfectly and I don't like that.

  Jackie Chan

  Cameras, Want, Speak

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• I really like to be by myself and if I do go out to look around, I dress in jeans. My secretary is constantly telling me to dress up, shave and look your best because people know you. That bothers me. I just want to be natural.

  Jackie Chan

  Jeans, People, Dresses

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• When I go out, people look at me with a puzzled expression on their faces thinking, "You're Jackie Chan?". When people stare at me, it makes me uncomfortable. More and more I find that I just stay in my hotel when I am working.

  Jackie Chan

  Thinking, Expression, People

  "Jackie Chan proves he can". www.tribute.ca.

• I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics. Olympics for me is love, peace, [being] united.

  Jackie Chan

  Ambassadors, Want, Olympics

• Making a Hollywood film you don't have a very big movie because they have a Safety Captain and insurance people on the set. They have to check first. 'Don't do it. Let me check. Make sure everything is safe.'

  Jackie Chan

  Hollywood Films, People, Safety

• Every time I make an American film I just trust the American director and American writer. Myself, I would never make this kind of film. For me, those kinds of films are ridiculous. They don't make sense.

  Jackie Chan

  Directors, Ridiculous, Kind

• 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.

  Jackie Chan

  Country, Art, Children

  "The Karate Kid - Jackie Chan interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.