Jackie Chan Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

This is Jackie Chan. This is a wild, auto-complete interview. Three, two, one. Okay. That one dropped. So I'll take this one first. I can speak Cantonese, Mandarin, a little bit English, and Shandong, Shanghai. A lot of Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese. Not many. Yes, I'm still doing my own stunt. Because even now, today, the technology is so good, but the world audience still like to see Jackie Chan doing their own things. Maybe 40 years ago, I can do a triple kick. Now, 20 years later, the double kick. But now, I do one kick. Okay. I just do show the one kick. This, I'm doing. If right now, jumping the floor, no. I do need a double now. Stunt. It depends. Like, when I have drive a helicopter, we need some professional. When I doing a triple kick, then I need... I have a hundred students. We can, in the middle, I can pick up who do the best, who do this, who do that. Training. I have my training camp with all my stunt team. Like, three hours. Mostly time, we punch, and talking, kicking, and think about choreograph, how to different than some other movies. Use what kind of weapon, and chair, and the board. How to fight with the board. Yeah. What is Jackie Chan's first job? First job, when I was eight, I was child actor. First movie. Same, when I was seven, I was like an angel. And I'm singing. That's me. The first job, first movie. My famous quote. I can do it, never give up. Whenever I do the stunt, or 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 angle. Then break my skull. The first car I drive, ah, the boss gave to me. It's a Volkswagen. The one, exactly like, Clutter Kid, the Jaden Smith. I was break the car, the same car. Right now, it's a Toyota 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. Right on your face. No. My family rule. No ear hole. No tattoo. Even my son. 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. Fighting! Okay, another one. Why so many questions? Where I'm living, I'm based in Hong Kong, but right now, I'm still in Beijing. I'm filming in Beijing right now. And this moment, I'm in Myanmar, between China border, filming in the jungle. Now, right now, right this moment, I'm in London. Oh, my teacher from China. There are 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. My father, I'm growing up in French embassy until I'm seven. And I'm filming Panda Project 2. The first one last year was a release. This year, we're making a Panda Project 2, filming between Yunnan and Myanmar, China's border. When I was in school, I learned Southern style. After 10 years, I learned Northern style. So I know both style. Southern style more jumping. Northern style more on the ground, not so much, so many jumping. And after that, I learned karate, hapkido, judo, boxing. I learned so many things because in that time, we don't have a cell phone. We don't have a karaoke. We don't have anything. And most important, I don't have money. Mostly time, we stay in the dojo school, gliding with all the friends. That's how we spend every day. Not like this day, you can have a karaoke, drinking bar, mostly cell phone, we don't. But I'm glad because in that time, we don't have these kind of things. I training a lot. Oh, when I was young, I was very big, very fat. So Chinese name call me Pao. It's like a canyon. My mom speak Shanghainese. It's call me a Po. In the embassy, everybody call me Po. I thought it's English Po. It's not Shanghainese Po. My father went to Australia American embassy. When I get there, everybody call me, what's your name? I said, okay, my name is a Po. And that time, I want to learn English. Then I go to the night school. Then the teacher ask me, what's your name? I said, my name is Chang Kong Seng. No, your name is Steven. I said, okay. Embassy Po school, Steven. Then I went to some worker. Then my friend bring me there. Then, do this guy have a English name? No. Okay. He use his name, put my name. His name called Jack. In Australia, I have a 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 a fighting. Then I put a Y, Jackie 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 poster 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 I-E, my career just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Oh, I like any food, but I don't like animal stomach inside. Especially these days, not many steaks. I don't know why. Now I like more soup, vegetable, fruit, mango, bread, croissant. I toss a lot of board, this was very fun. I see you next time. I need more board. I need more question. I need you know more about me. Bye-bye.