Chan Kong-sang, known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer. He is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself, in the cinematic world. He has trained in wushu or kung fu and hapkido, and has been acting since the 1960s, appearing in over 150 films.
Chan is one of the most recognizable and influential cinematic personalities in the world, gaining a widespread following in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games. He is also a globally known philanthropist.
Some of the best quotes from Jackie Chan are listed below.
- “A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.” – Jackie Chan
- “After all those years in Asia, I don’t have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and – Boom! – people go.” – 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
- “Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.” – Jackie Chan
- “Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.” – Jackie Chan
- “Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.” – Jackie Chan
- “Coffee is a language in itself.” – Jackie Chan
- “Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.” – Jackie Chan
- “Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.” – 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
- “I don’t want to be an action star; action star’s life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.” – Jackie Chan
- “I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.” – Jackie Chan
- “I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.” – 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
- “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 only want my work to make people happy.” – Jackie Chan
- “I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.” – Jackie Chan
- “I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.” – Jackie Chan
- “I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.” – Jackie Chan
- “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?’.” – Jackie Chan
- “Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.” – Jackie Chan
- “My affection for Taiwan… is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese.” – Jackie Chan
- “My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That’s the Jackie Chan diary.” – Jackie Chan
- “Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.” – Jackie Chan
- “Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.” – Jackie Chan
- “Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‘Blah, blah, blah.’ That’s when I get crazy.” – Jackie Chan
- “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.” – Jackie Chan
- “We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.” – Jackie Chan
- “When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.” – Jackie Chan
- “When I was young I didn’t care about education, just money and box office.” – Jackie Chan
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