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Jean-Claude Van Damme

(1960) Boxer

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Jean-Claude Van Damme is a boxer.

Quick Facts About Jean-Claude Van Damme

Born: October 18, 1960
Profession: Boxer

About Jean-Claude Van Damme

[Wikidata] Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)... | [Wikipedia] Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, he was enrolled by his father in a Shotokan karate school at the age of ten, which led Van Damme to hold the rank of 2nd Dan in karate, and c

Quotes by Jean-Claude Van Damme · Page 2

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the…

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Believe

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

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Action

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I'm not a movie star. I'm a brand name. Van Damme is like Levi's. I go on vacation, and everywhere I go,…

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Brand names

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Take your big stick, and your boyfriend, and go find a bus to catch.

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Bigs

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There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in…

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Cases

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My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to…

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Body

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A cookie has no soul, it's just a cookie. But before it was milk and eggs. And in eggs there's the potential…

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Cookies

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I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive.

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Deep inside

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

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Fitness

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

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Actors

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The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle…

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Action

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Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in…

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America

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A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will…

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Car

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My time of martial arts was traditional.

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Art

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If you phone a psychic and she doesn't answer the phone before it rings, hang up.

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Answers

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I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car,…

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Architecture

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All I wanted to do was to become famous, but then I found out that it was nothing special.

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Famous

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

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Beauty

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But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training -…

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Accentuate

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My wife is not my best sexual partner, but she's good with the housework.

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Housework

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I've had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That's what made me what I am…

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Bumpy roads

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According to statistics, one person out of five is disturbed. If there are four people around you who seem normal, that's not…

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Disturbed

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You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.

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Perfect

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Air is beautiful, yet you cannot see it. It's soft, yet you cannot touch it. Air is a little like my brain.

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Air

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It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will…

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Business

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