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.
Interpretation
Jackie Chan emphasizes the importance of including fun and candid moments in films.
In this quote, Jackie Chan reflects on the influence of 'Cannonball Run' in shaping his filmmaking approach. He highlights how incorporating bloopers and outtakes during the credits adds a playful element to movies, fostering a connection with the audience and enhancing the overall viewing experience. This practice not only entertains but also humanizes the actors, making the film more relatable.
In practice
During a film festival Q&A session, you can discuss how bloopers enhance audience enjoyment, using Chan's quote as a reference.
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.
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?'.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I've liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film. He is still my favourite author, and he is the one - I still think - who writes most honestly about human existence.
I love 'Glee.' I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it okay to cry.
I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'
Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.
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