There are many quotes and jokes about Chuck Norris, as the martial artist found late fame as a viral internet meme.<\/p>\n
But Norris also had a thing or two to say about himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here are some of his own quotes…<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris about his school days (2004):<\/p>\n
“In school I was shy and inhibited. If the teacher asked me to recite something aloud in front of the class, I would just shake my head no.”<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris about acting legend Steve McQueen encouraging him to become an actor (1985):<\/p>\n
“He told me that I should think about projecting a presence, and never do a part that had a lot of dialogue. He told me, ‘movies are visual, and when you try to verbalise something, you’re going to lose the audience.'”<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris about his action career:<\/p>\n
“I wanted to project a certain image on the screen of a hero. I had seen a lot of anti-hero movies in which the lead was neither good nor bad. There was no one to root for.”<\/p>\n
“It’s how it’s done. I don’t advocate violence for violence’s sake. What people hang on to is that the good guy wins in the end.”<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris about his 1990s show Walker, Texas Ranger (1996):<\/p>\n
“You try to portray the proper meaning of what it’s about – fighting injustice with justice, good v bad. \u2026 It’s entertaining for the whole family.”<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris about his late meme fame in ‘The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book’ (2009):<\/p>\n
“To some who know little of my martial arts or film careers but perhaps grew up with ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, it seems that I have become a somewhat mythical superhero icon. I am flattered and humbled.”<\/p>\n
Chuck Norris on his 86th birthday, his last one (2026):<\/p>\n
“I don’t age. I level up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are many quotes and jokes about Chuck Norris, as the martial artist found late fame as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-349448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}