Quotes from Jackie Chan

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

I only want my work to make people happy.

When I work I do it from my heart. And my heart is that I bring love to the world. When I travel around the world I bring my love. I bring so much love in my heart. I hope you can feel that.

I hope I can make some Hollywood-type action films like 'Batman' or 'Spiderman', action films like that. With some wire work, maybe wearing a mask. Like that.

Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.

The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.

Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.

Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid.

The movie business is a big gamble.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

I want to show audiences I can act.

Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.

I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

The world is too violent right now.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

If there really is a god, then he really looks after me.

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