The best fights are the ones we avoid.

I want to build up my philosophy... my philosophy with kung fu is to respect people.

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.

Actually, the few good Chinese movies that foreign countries choose to import are Zhang Yimou's, and mine, a few directors, but how many movies can we make in a year? We can only make a few, while they turn them out continuously.

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

Jackie Chan is a myth.