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.
Interpretation
Fearlessness is often a facade; true bravery involves acknowledging and facing one's fears.
In this quote, Jackie Chan expresses the reality behind his daring stunts. Despite being labeled as fearless by advertisements, he reveals that he experiences fear as well, showing that true courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to confront it head-on, acknowledging that even heroes have their moments of vulnerability.
In practice
During a motivational speech about courage and overcoming fear.
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.
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.
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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?'.
...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it bluntly, than violence. Most violent acts are accomplished by getting the opponent off guard, and it doesn't take that much character, I think, if one wants to do it.
Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity
I really want to help stop violence toward women.
Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.
The very act of protest is dangerous in Venezuela.
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