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uriuu By David Baker FVm Critic "My goal as an actor," said Chuck Morris, "is to project a certain image on the screen-a hero-type of an image that the kids can look up to and relate to." In keeping with that goal, the retired six-time World Karate Champion said he plans to continue making motion pictures in which the martial arts play an important part in the story. "Five years from now, I'll nrnKoKlv Ku couinit T urnnf fn pA H/V ?Ji*J AII5 A TTOIIi iV play in something else," he said, "but not right now." Before Norris found his way into the motion picture industry, he was a successful instructor in the martial arts, with a chain of seven schools bearing his name. In 1975, however, after playing a pivotal role in Return of the Dragon with Bruce Lee, Norris gave up teaching in order to concentrate on his film career. That decision led to starring roles in Breaker, Breaker, Good Guys Wear Black, A Force of One and the just-released The Octagon. Most of the films underwent several title ti cuan^ca uciuic uicu i cicttac, Norris said, "because it's hard to get a title that's strong but doesn't sound kung-fooey." Most of the pictures have also been rated "R" because of violence (A Force of One being the sole exception), but Norris firmly believes that, when used with the proper philosophy, karate and the martial arts should not be considered violence. "If the philosophy is stressed." Norris exolained. ' # r w I. * EL.B L c f n^jef I TO ATLANTA \ b AUGUSTA AlKIN \ kNori "karate ran hp excitine without the violent content. To me, violence is like The Warriors. The action is there with absolutely no philosophy behind it. But in my films, the only time I ever use karate is when I have no other choice. It's used as a preventive measure rather than an aggressive measure, and it's only used as a last resort." To his millions of fans, the mosi excuing ming auoui Norris' movies are the action sequences (which he choreographs himself), but to Norris, those are the least exciting moments. "The acting part of it is more exciting to me," he said, "because I've been fighting for a much longer time - 20 years. "I'm pretty confident about my abilities as a fighter, but the acting is a different story. After I saw Good Guys Wear Black, I said, 'Gosh, my acting is really bad/ I got really discouraged. But Steve McQueen, who was one of my students, said 'Hey, don't worry about it. Do you remember my first movie? The Blob?" After McQueen convinced Norris that Good Guys Wear Black wasn't as bad as he thought, Norris decided to continue his acting career with A Force of One, which received more than its share of favorable reviews. Reviews, so far, have played a big part in the way Norris goes about creating his characterizations. 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