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

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

Would it be nice to win a film award one day? Yes. But the critics are going to have to wait till I'm ready. Right now, my gift is making big movies that audiences want to see.

Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.

When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious art film. It's harder to reach millions of people and satisfy them and make them happy. These films kind of get ghettoized, this genre because there are so many big, big movies that are such big hits, but aren't any good. The audiences, they're not judging the style of the director, or the execution of the film. They're just looking to be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

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

I want to print books by people in the film industry.