Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-sang, SBS, MBE, PMW,, known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Chan has been training in Kung fu and Wing Chun. He has been acting since the 1960s and has appeared in over 150 films...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1954
CityHong Kong, China
CountryChina
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.
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.
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.
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 never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.