Jackie Chan Quotes
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.
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The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.
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A lot of people made their first luxury fashion purchase, but at a discount. And that made it an easier purchasing decision.
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There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
