Jean-Claude Van Damme Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.”

“What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.”

“It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?”

“When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.”

“My time of martial arts was traditional.”

“In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.”

“My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.”

“I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.”

“There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is something wrong with what they wrote about them in the papers.”

“What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.”