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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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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."

"When they first grabbed us, yeah, it terrified, but they calmed me down."

"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."

"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."
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"Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality."

"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."

"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."

"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."

"The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am."

"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."

"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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