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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I give the children education.”

“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.”

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

“I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.”

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

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

“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.”

“Money for me today does not really matter.”

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

“I really like children to watch my movies.”

“I've choreographed all of my movies.”

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

“Olympics for me is love, peace, united.”

“You cannot mix sports with politics.”

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

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