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 love that feeling of going into a packed theater.

I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy.

I would love a robot butler.

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

Rehearsal? What’s that? Rehearsal’s for fags. Rehearsal. Not much.

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