Quotes from Jackie Chan

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to China to visit us because I am a tourist ambassador.

I've got a very interesting background.

I'm not a god - I do bad things.

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?'.

My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man.

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.

I love animals. When I was young, I had two St. Bernards, I still have a dog, I have a lot of cats in my company. My wife always says, "You spend a lot of money on animals. More than even me!"

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

Officials of governments that use or produce landmines should be forced to see the reality of how landmines hurt people and make them suffer, because this would surely make them stop.

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

I really like children to watch my movies.

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

I love to clean.

I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.