Jackie Chan Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions

WIRED

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This is Jackie Chan.
This is Wired Autocomplete Interview.
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Three, two, one. [claps]
Go!
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Okay.
So one drop, so I took this one first.
[interpreter speaking in a foreign language]
I can speak Cantonese,
Mandrin, a little bit English, and Shandong, Shanghai.
A lot of Korean, Japanese.
And Taiwanese.
Not many. Eight.
[paper tearing] Oh.
Doing his.
[Interpreter] Own stunts.
Yes, I'm still doing my own stunt. Why?
Because even now, today, the technology so good.
But the world audience still like to see
Jackie Chan doing the own things.
Maybe 40 years ago, I can do a triple kick.
Ba-ba-boom. Ba-ba-boom.
20 years later, double kick.
But now I do one kick. Okay.
I just do, show the one kick.
This is how I'm do it.
If right now, jumping the floor, no.
I do need a double now.
Stunt.
[Interpreter] Double.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
It depends.
Like, when I have drive a helicopter,
we need some professional.
When I doing a triple kick, then I need,
I have 100 students.
We can, in the middle, I can pick out
who do the best, who do this, who do that.
Oh.
Training.
I have my training camp
with all my stunt team.
Like, three hour.
Most of the time, we punch and talking, kicking
and think about choreograph, how to different
than some other movies,
Use what kind of weapon, a chair.
The board.
How to fight with the board.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What is Jackie Chan first job?
First job, when I was eight, I was child actor.
[paper tearing]
First movie. Same.
When I was seven, I was like a angel,
and I'm singing.
[Jackie singing in foreign language]
That's me.
The first job. First movie.
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[Jackie speaking in foreign language]
[Interpreter] Famous quote.
My famous quote?
I can do it. Never give up.
Whenever I do the stunt,
I will look at the dangerous things,
I say, I can do it. I can do it.
I can do it. Don't give up.
Boom! Then I jump.
Then breaking ankle.
Then break my skull.
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[Interpreter] What car does Jackie Chan drive?
The first car I drive.
Ah! The boss gave to me.
It was a Volkswagen.
The one exactly like Karate Kid,
the Jaden Smith, I was break the car,
the same car.
Right now, it's Toyota.
[Interpreter] Alpha.
Alpha.
More people can sit down. Easy.
Not like it used to be, sport car.
But now, I'm most comfortable as possible.
More low-key as possible.
Next board. Right on your face.
Oh.
No.
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[Jackie speaking in foreign language]
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
No.
My family rule, no ear hole, no tattoo.
Even my son.
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[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Can I sing?
♪ Wherever you go, whatever you do ♪
♪ I will be right here waiting for you ♪
♪ Whatever you do or how my heart break ♪
♪ I will be right here waiting for you ♪
Ha-cha-cha-cha-cha!
Fighting.
Okay. Another one.
Why so many question? Huh?
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Where I'm living? I'm based in Hong Kong.
But right now, I'm staying Beijing.
I'm filming in Beijing right now.
And this moment, I'm in Myanmar
between China border filming in the jungle.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Now? Right now?
Right this moment, I'm in London.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Oh, my teacher from China.
There so many teacher in that time from China.
So we teach singing, dancing,
stick fight, knife fight,
kicking, punch, all kind of things
for 10 years.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
My father, I'm growing up
in French embassy until I'm seven.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
I'm filming Panda Project 2
The first one, last year was released.
This year, we're making Panda Project 2.
Filming between Yunnan and Myanmar's,
China's border.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
When I learn in school, I learn southern style.
After 10 years, I learn northern style.
So I know both style.
Southern style more jumping.
Northern style more on the ground.
Not so many jumping.
And after that, I learn karate, hapkido,
judo, boxing.
I learn so many things.
Because in that time, we don't have cell phone,
we don't have karaoke,
we don't have anything.
And most important, I don't have money.
Most of the time, we stay in the dojo school.
Karate-ing with all of the friends.
That's how we spent every day.
Not like this day, you can have karaoke,
drinking bar, mostly cell phone.
We don't. But I'm glad.
Because at that time, we don't have these kind of things,
I training a lot.
Change.
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Oh.
When I was young, I was very big, very fat.
So in Chinese name, call me Pao.
It's like a canyon.
My mom speak Shanghainese,
just called me Apo.
In the embassy, everybody call me Po.
I thought it's a English Po.
It's not Shanghainese Pao.
My father went to Australia, American embassy.
When I get there, everybody call me, What's your name?
I said, Okay, my name's Po.
At that time, I want to learn English.
Then I go to the night school.
Then the teacher asked me,
What's your name?
I said, My name is Chan Kong-Sang.
No, your name is Steven.
I said, Okay.
Embassy, Po. School, Steven.
Then I went to the, some work.
Then my friend bring me there.
Then Do this guy have a English name?
No. Okay.
He use his name, put on my name.
He's like, His name called Jack.
In Australia, I have Po, Steven, Jack.
Then Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack.
After nine months, I know a little bit English
because Jack Chan, no rhythm.
Just like fighting.
Then I put a Y.
Then Jacky Chan.
Then after that, when I make a movie,
after famous, I sign to Golden Harvest.
And the Golden Harvest said,
Jackie, you're too strong, too man.
You have to change a little bit.
Then they take out the Y.
They put the I-E.
So you see '80s, my posters still J-A-C-K-Y.
But after '80s, always J-A-C-K-I-E.
Jackie Chan.
Believe it or not, after I change it I-E,
my career just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Thing was stuck.
Huh?
[interpreter speaking in foreign language]
Oh.
I like any food.
But I don't like animal stomach, inside.
Especially these day, not many steaks.
I don't know why.
Now I like more soup, vegetable,
fruit, mango, bread.
Croissant.
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I toss a lot of board. This is very fun.
I see you next time.
I need more board.
I need more question.
I need you know more about me.
Bye bye.
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