Quotes from Jackie Chan

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.

Everyone is saying that I'm retiring, but I want to solemnly declare, that I don't want to retire, I just want to do things a bit less dangerous to my body, less dangerous action.

American movies show you how to fight and break armsand necks. I want to make the action in my movies like dancing.

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.

I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics. Olympics for me is love, peace, [being] united.

When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'

Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

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.

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.

Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.

Jackie Chan is a myth.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.

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.

I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too.

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.