Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
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He does his own stunts — all of them — and has the broken bones to prove it. For sixty years, Jackie Chan turned martial arts into slapstick, danger into comedy, and became the face of action cinema across three continents.
Born Chan Kong-sang on 7 April 1954, he was trained in acrobatics and martial arts at the China Drama Academy as one of the Seven Little Fortunes, then entered Hong Kong film as a stuntman. His breakthrough came with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) and Drunken Master (1978), action comedies that paired kung fu with physical humor. He directed The Fearless Hyena (1979) and through the 1980s starred alongside Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao as part of the "Three Dragons." Project A (1983) launched the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and locked in his signature: elaborate, self-performed stunts mixed with mar…
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I'm jealous that you are CCP [Communist Party of China] members. The CCP is really great. The CCP's promises don't take 100 years, they are fulfilled in decades.
I feel the pride of being a Chinese everywhere, the Five-starred Red Flag is respected worldwide.
...in the 10 years after Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule ... I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not... If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now.
More than 120 takes. Those kinds of things ... You [say] "Wow, Jackie's good." It's not good. You can do it. Except, do you have the patience or not?
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