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I am the Fred Astaire of karate.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: October 18
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When you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you're empty.
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I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.
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You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.
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When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.
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In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.
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I'm fast, why? Because I eat vegetables.
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What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.
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I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.
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I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.
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I don't want to be buried in the ground, rotting, with all those worms. What I would love is to have my body dropped where you have those big icebergs and the water is so cold and pure, to be eaten by a polar bear or a seal or an otter.
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Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in Europe or America or Japan, so my movies are very international.
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If you phone a psychic and she doesn't answer the phone before it rings, hang up.
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You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.
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My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.
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I love challenges. If you don't have any and can do whatever you want, then it's probably time to die.
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What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.
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A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will get than a woman's heart.
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What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.
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My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence.
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A pair of legs engineered to defy the laws of physics and a mindset to master the most epic of splits.
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