One thing I did pick up from Cannonball Run was the use of bloopers and outtakes under the final credits, which I've done in all my movies since.
Interpretation
Jackie Chan emphasizes the importance of including fun and candid moments in films.
In this quote, Jackie Chan reflects on the influence of 'Cannonball Run' in shaping his filmmaking approach. He highlights how incorporating bloopers and outtakes during the credits adds a playful element to movies, fostering a connection with the audience and enhancing the overall viewing experience. This practice not only entertains but also humanizes the actors, making the film more relatable.
In practice
During a film festival Q&A session, you can discuss how bloopers enhance audience enjoyment, using Chan's quote as a reference.
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the western eye. We live in the age of idols. The pagan past, never dead, flames again in our mystic hierarchies of stardom.
Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.
Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain.
When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.
Is the 'black designer' label there to warn everyone not to have the same level of expectations for me, or is it some type of prize? I just want to work in an even playing field where I can get press for my work and not just my race and my personal views on it.
I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
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