Of course I get hurt.
I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.
I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.
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.
I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
If you’re too free, you’re like the way Hong Kong is now. It’s very chaotic.
In every movie I do have a dialogue.
In the real world, children love me.
Jackie Chan is a myth.
The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
You cannot mix sports with politics.
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’m very embarrassed.
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.
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.
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.
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.
Actor’s life is very long.
I’m tired of fighting. I’ve always known that I can’t be an action star all my life.
When I came to Hollywood, I spoke no English – except nobody bullied me. Every day, I had nothing to do except training in English, to keep talking.