Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-sang, SBS, MBE, PMW,, known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Chan has been training in Kung fu and Wing Chun. He has been acting since the 1960s and has appeared in over 150 films...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1954
CityHong Kong, China
CountryChina
Some people call Police Story the greatest action film of all time, and while I have to be humble and say that I disagree, it's definitely the favorite action film I've ever made.
I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode.
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!'
American movies show you how to fight and break armsand necks. I want to make the action in my movies like dancing.
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
I hope next time when we meet, we won't be fighting each other. Instead we will be drinking tea together.
When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.
I really like to be by myself and if I do go out to look around, I dress in jeans. My secretary is constantly telling me to dress up, shave and look your best because people know you. That bothers me. I just want to be natural.
When I am making a film, I know what to do in front of a camera. What frightens me are the scenes with dialogue. Sometime they really want me to speak perfectly and I don't like that.
When I try to speak perfectly then I am not Jackie Chan anymore. Some words sound like I am trying too hard. The whole thing is not me.
I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.
In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.