Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.
As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
I only want my work to make people happy.
When I work I do it from my heart. And my heart is that I bring love to the world. When I travel around the world I bring my love. I bring so much love in my heart. I hope you can feel that.
I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.
Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.
If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?
The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
I just wanted to tell everyone that our company makes art-house movies apart from commercial movies. So I will consider any good scripts you have.
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.