Jackie Chan Net Worth

Jackie Chan's Quotes

• Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead.
• It's very important that I get hurt [when making a movie]
• I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid.
• I don't want to be an action star, action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
• I have a few rules that I tell my manager: No sex scenes. No make love. The kids who like me don't need to see it. It would gross them out.

Interesting Facts about Jackie Chan

1. Kong Sang means "Born In Hong Kong."
2. Sing Lung means "Already a Dragon."
3. Prefers to do action films with strong humour streaks and physical clowning like Buster Keaton.
4. In the act of performing his own stunts, he has broken his nose three times, his ankle once, most of the fingers in his hand, both cheekbones and his skull.
5. Not only does he do his own stunts, but he is a lead-from-the-front kind of guy and expects the actors & actresses in his movies to do their own stunts as well.
6. Has a son, Jaycee Chan (born December 3, 1982), with wife Feng-Jiao Lin.
7. Most often dubs his own voice for the English release of his Asian films. He also dubs his Asian films in Mandarin.
8. Was to star in a film entitled "Nosebleed", but the project was canceled after the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. He was to play a window-washer at the WTC who has to stop a terrorist plot.
9. In 1989, he was awarded an M.B.E.(Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to entertainment.
10. His fan club once topped 10,000 members, mostly young girls; one of them committed suicide after she discovered that he was married. Another female fan attempted suicide, but was saved.
11. Has a permanent hole in his head from a stunt accident.
12. Admits he did Cannonball Run II (1984) just to fulfill his contract with Warner Brothers.
13. His Opera Academy "brothers" include Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Corey Yuen, Wah Yuen, and Yuen Man Meng.
14. He has his own stunt team, known as the Sing Ga Ban (Jackie Chan Stuntman Association). Members of the team appear as extras in his films. The team includes Andy Kay, Chung Cheng, Chung Chi Li (Nicky Li), and Bradley James Allan.
15. In 1990, he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture and Communication.
16. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region conferred the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) upon him in 1999.
17. Despite the minimal formal education he received, he was made an honorary doctor of social science of the Hong Kong Baptist University, and an honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
18. In his action scenes, his punches and kicks actually connect with their targets. He has his actors wear special padding in their feet and body to prevent serious injury.
19. Has a great, long-lasting relationship with Mitsubishi Motors. The company has donated many of their automobiles for his films.
20. Underwent plastic surgery in 1976 to re-shape his eyelids, giving him a more "Western" appearance. The final film with the old-look Chan is Shao Lin mu ren xiang (1976).