"I prepare for the worst, but hope for the best."

"I'm afraid to fail again."

"The movie business is a big gamble."

"When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?'"

"You cannot mix sports with politics."

"I like to give back."

"I love to clean."

"I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film."

"I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back."

"My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films."

"Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed."

"I play a nobody in Japan."

"I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man."

"My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary."

"When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office."

"I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school."

"We're all the same inside."

"I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama."

"I'm good for some things, bad for a lot of things."

"When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'"

"Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society."

"Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky."

"I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects."

"It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody."

"I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too."

"Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want."

"When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy."

"When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things."

"Of course I get hurt."

"I love reading book"

"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 just make good movies. That's the way I thank my fans."

"I'm crazy, but I'm not too crazy."

"I'm not a god - I do bad things."

"Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe."

"I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?."

"Coffee is a language in itself."

"I'm not young anymore. I'm really, really tired. And the world is too violent right now. It's a dilemma - I like action but I don't like violence."

"Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training."

"If there really is a god, then he really looks after me."

"I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."

"My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese."

"I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers."

"I've got a very interesting background."

"Money for me today does not really matter."

"The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones."

"Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy."

"I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games."

"Jackie Chan is a myth."

"Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed."