I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.

Even during the promotion I told people that I didn't like Rush Hour. The jokes I didn't understand and the fighting, compared to my Hong Kong films was terrible. A lot of people didn't like it. But mostly people did like it, they really liked it. Rush Hour really brought me to the American family audience.

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.