Very difficult to understand American audience, what they like, what they don't like. Some movie I like very much, it doesn't work. Some movie I don't like, it gets big box office. Very difficult.

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.