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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Actor · Chinese · b. 1954

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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.
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One thing I did pick up from Cannonball Run was the use of bloopers and outtakes under the final credits, which I've done in all my movies since.
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Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
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Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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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?'.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day. _x000D_ If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
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I hope next time when we meet, we won't be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
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I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn't know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.
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We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It's our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.
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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.
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The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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