Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

22 quotes

Hong Kong actor and martial artist Jackie Chan (b. 1954) is someone whose language could distill vast ideas into a single sentence. Celebrated for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself, Jackie Chan brought that same intensity to the written and spoken word. Browse 26 quotes by Jackie Chan that cover ground from Movies, Money, Family, Education, and Change. Among their most shared lines: "You cannot mix sports with politics."

“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

Family

All Quotes by 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

Car

“I give the children education.”

— Jackie Chan

Education

“I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.”

— Jackie Chan

Family

“The movie business is a big gamble.”

— Jackie Chan

Business

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

— Jackie Chan

Movies

“You cannot mix sports with politics.”

— Jackie Chan

Politics

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

— Jackie Chan

Movies

“When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.”

— Jackie Chan

Learning

“I've choreographed all of my movies.”

— Jackie Chan

Movies

“Money for me today does not really matter.”

— Jackie Chan

Money

“When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.”

— Jackie Chan

Education

“Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.”

— Jackie Chan

Technology

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

— Jackie Chan

Computers

“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

Family

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

— Jackie Chan

Change

“Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.”

— Jackie Chan

Trust

“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

Change

“I really like children to watch my movies.”

— Jackie Chan

Movies

“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

Money

“I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.”

— Jackie Chan

Future