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I'm not a movie star. I'm a brand name. Van Damme is like Levi's. I go on vacation, and everywhere I go, people love me for my name, not for my movies.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: October 18
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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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It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?
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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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You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.
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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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Air is beautiful, yet you cannot see it. It's soft, yet you cannot touch it. Air is a little like my brain.
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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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But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training - I'm actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem.
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••If you work with a jackhammer during an earthquake, stop, otherwise you are working for nothing.
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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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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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Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.
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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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When you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you're empty.
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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'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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If you phone a psychic and she doesn't answer the phone before it rings, hang up.
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Take your big stick, and your boyfriend, and go find a bus to catch.
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When I go on location, we have a schedule. And when you have a schedule, you know when you're not working, so I train very well on location. But I also train three or four times a week at home, but today I train differently than before.
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