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"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."
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"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
Parents
"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."
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"Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality."
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"Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult."
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"I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer."
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"I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years."
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"Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead."
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"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."
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"I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life."
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"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."
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