Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. Music and movies. That's what's exciting about what we do, the fact that it's so global. It brings people together. People don't have to understand the language to laugh at actors. They're going to laugh even though they don't understand what they're saying. Cause they're seeing it.

I've worked with a hundred of the biggest artists in the world, from Madonna to Mariah Carey, and he [Michael Jackson] is just beyond. He's at a whole other level, spiritually. He's got the God spot. Everyone has it, everyone has that God spot, but it's just the way he's in tune with it. He has it. It's right there, and when he starts to sing, God has just opened it up for him. That's why he's not comfortable around people and things, because he's just such a unique - he feels blessed just to be himself. "I can't believe I'm Michael Jackson."

In my public life, I'm just a guy who enjoys having fun.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

I love movie directors. I don't care who it is.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.