"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."

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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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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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

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

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"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."

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