Jean Claude Van Damme Quotes

God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Great, God, Care

But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training - I'm actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Freedom, Today, Training

I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Life, Bad, Short

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Life, Truth, Someone

You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Morning, Strong, Training

Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Good, Crazy, Done

I'm one of the most sensitive human beings on Earth - and I know it.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Human, Earth, Sensitive

What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Everything, Give, Promise

I came back to my original wife. I came back to her after I made a few boo-boos in my life. Coming back to her was good for me, good for her and good for the children.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Life, Good, Wife

I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Life, Car, Beautiful

I now truly believe it is impossible for me to make a bad movie.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Bad, Impossible, Movie

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Action, Film, Act

It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Cool, Age, Good

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.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Women, Famous, Real

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Saying, Acting, Easy

You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Mind, Everything, Philosophy

I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Success, Reality, Made

I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.
Jean Claude Van Damme

I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Live, Parents, Find

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

Work, Joy, Another

I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Age, Same, Become

In the past, I was working out too heavy.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Past, Working, Heavy

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?
Jean Claude Van Damme

Change, Time, Movies

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Boring, Technique, Karate

Life is short. I'm 47 years old. I've got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?
Jean Claude Van Damme

Life, Best, Movies

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Biography

Nationality: Belgian

Type: Actor

Born: October 18, 1960

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