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When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up.

Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 7
Actor
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I really like to be by myself and if I do go out to look around, I dress in jeans. My secretary is constantly telling me to dress up, shave and look your best because people know you. That bothers me. I just want to be natural.
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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 make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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I just couldn't stop thinking about what landmines are doing to people here. I told people - my friends - about it, but it was just not enough. I knew I had to do more.
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I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn't know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.
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I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
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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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Of course I get hurt.
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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.
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