[Chan jumped at the opportunity to play a role that was such a departure from his usual on-screen persona.] It's the kind of part I've never done before, and that is what made me want to do the movie, ... The script was funny, and my character was interesting. I wasn't playing a policeman, just an ordinary person - a taxi driver who becomes a kind of super spy because of a tuxedo that lets him do all kinds of special things. |
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman. |
After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and--Boom!--people go. |
Asia has a population of two billion so why isn't (Asian film) thriving? It's because of piracy and the Internet and piracy, |
Breathing hurts. ... It hurts to draw my fist. It's been hard filming fight scenes these past two days. |
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality, |
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. |
Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. |
Fifteen years ago, I really give up American market, |
For example: a child wanted to eat something and the parents refused, and as the child began to act up and pretended to cry because there were no tears his parents immediately surrendered and offered the little master food with two hands. |
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. |
He wants final editing rights and the final look at the movie and so on, |
He was sitting down in a chair. The customers were telling me the crazy guy is here. When he started kicking the kid, then we called police. |
I guess her beauty is deceiving everyone. You may think that Hee-sun is like a princess all the time, but she is more like pretty boy in real life, ... She is really good at crying scenes. There must be a switch somewhere in her body to do that. |
I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, "Ah yes, they good." Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way. |