Jean Claude van Damme

Lists of Van Damme quotes are compiled and available on the WWW. She died in Los Angeles, from injuries she sustained during the 1994 Northridge earthquake nine months earlier, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. He is especially well-known for his usage of the word aware (in English). Known for sense of humour, she wryly commented in an interview late in her life that the only thing she did not like about ageing was that she could no longer attract gangsters. In the French-speaking world, Jean-Claude Van Damme is well-known for the picturesque aphorisms that he delivers on a wide range of topics (personal well-being, ecology, etc.) in a strange mixture of French and English. She also played numerous guest roles in such television series as Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, The Munsters and The Love Boat. Chuck Zito floored Van Damme with two punches. In her later years she appeared in several Walt Disney films, including That Darn Cat! (1965), The Love Bug (1970), The Shaggy D.A. (1976) and Freaky Friday (1976).

In 1998, Van Damme and actor Chuck Zito engaged in a fistfight at a New York city bar. She continued to act regularly without achieving star status and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in more than one hundred films. He has been married five times, including two marriages with his current wife Gladys Portugues. She was considered a versatile actress, who could play drama or comedy, and she was also regarded as a capable dancer, dancing in a couple of films with George Raft. He has had troubles with cocaine and is also reported to have experienced bipolar disorder. During the 1930s she specialised in playing glamorous gold-diggers and gangsters' "dames", and played supporting roles in numerous features. Van Damme has won a number of European karate championships. Born in Los Angeles, California, Adrian won a beauty pageant and worked with the Ziegfeld Follies, before she entered films at the end of the silent era in Chasing Husbands, (1928).

His movies have earned over US$650 million worldwide, earning him a place in the action movie world along with others like Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris. Iris Adrian (29 May 1912 – 17 September 1994) was an American film actress. By the end of the 1990s his high-profile career had faded but he continues to star in smaller, often direct-to-video, films. In most of his movies, he plays a prize fighter, policeman, or soldier. Notable films include Universal Soldier (1992), Hard Target (1993), and Timecop (1994).

Van Damme worked his way up to Hollywood mainstream in the 1990s, often working with acclaimed foreign directors. Van Damme's appearance in Bloodsport earned him a nomination as "Worst New Star" in the 1988 Golden Raspberry Awards (he lost). Van Damme claims he intentionally got fired so he could move on to other films. How he left the picture is disputed: some say he quit, others say he was replaced when the character was revised.

Wearing a heavy costume in the jungle was rough and Van Damme was unhappy with his role. He was scheduled to play the part of the camouflaged monster in Predator. His first major role came in 1985, when he played Ivan Krushensky in No Retreat, No Surrender. His Belgian background gave rise to the nickname "Muscles from Brussels".

Jean Claude Van Damme (born October 18, 1960), born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, is a Belgian-born action movie actor who's most known for martial arts films.