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.

On 22 June 2009 he left Los Angeles to begin filming The Karate Kid a remake of the 1984 original in Beijing. Chan is a spokesperson for the Government of Hong Kong appearing in public service announcements.

He is one of the few actors to have performed all of his film stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting since the 1960s and has appeared in over 150 films.