Jackie Chen rose from being an ordinary
stunt man to a global megastar he has
dedicated himself to making action films
for over 50 years
protectants he has been known for
performing dangerous stunts all by
himself the multiple bruises and scars
all over his body
tell the untold story of his struggles
and sacrifices but now he's a changed
person
he hopes young action actors do not
retrace his path
in an interview with a CG TN the action
legend opened up about his inner change
and what he's trying to do for aspiring
actors I watched a video on YouTube and
it puts together all those songs that
you did in movies I put together and the
title of this video is called how can
Jackie can still be alive sometimes
myself
I'm lucky I'm still alive really I am of
God I almost died in Yugoslavia ten days
in Paris American Hospital then three
months we recover in my head my my scowl
wait until my hair growing up to reshoot
again see waste a lot of time with a lot
of money well is to encourage young
actors and do the same as you did before
do you regret it doing all I'm not
regretted like today I'm not regretting
even when I die too lame to regret it
now I encourage the young talent you
have to the things you have to do if you
cannot do it don't do it
and I remember 40 some years ago I was
making a protector in New York about
that high there's a window go house I
just black flick go outside this seems
like a big deal I see them how to
protect them and put them matches I
doubt that big only that high
they put a matches let's just no I just
I said that's my active this is so
stupid
yeah just do it but now I look back I
think they're right
they can do a stunt forever when I was
young no we don't need help okay why you
show you how today is pain I get hurt
all over my body
I cannot do is that anymore the guy I
see this do cannot do a stunt because
they have a good protection they spent
two hours to put up matches like today
how I forget all my stunting safety is
more the first it was like you change it
a lot yeah yeah I checked a lot the old
day I'm like a luma the real out
here CNN or CEO job
Shin - yeah just like Mauricio Marshall
mommy bender nigga turtle all my life in
the film set I see so many accident
Hurst I see so many people get hurt I
hurt myself is experienced mm-hmm
I just like just just like a Shenzhou
god protecting everyone on the fat's in
the center protecting everyone yeah
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over all these years you have been
calling upon all moviegoers movie makers
to pay more attention to extra actors
and also Stalin Atticus because they've
been overlooked
so after all these years have you seen
any improvements it definitely yes
not like our day in our day
it's a stuntman nobody cares you know we
just like rubbish you break your angle
today you break your arm in that moment
you probably get fired nobody care about
you anymore being an action star it's
not easy you must know how to do a
glamour comedy and you have to your own
stunts fighting yeah ten times more
difficult then the drama action stuff
what do you think the movie industries
can do for action actors stone actors
the things start from the beginning talk
to the company master insurance we
should stop before the movie star
how many action sequence going on we
should have the insurance protection and
also we need more time we need more
money I always get hurt because save
time save money at the end you know what
waste a lot of time waste a lot of money
because I always get hurt because I
don't care about myself in recent years
we've seen you trying to make different
kinds of films and some are well
acclaimed some have some criticism but
for example the foreigner we see a
totally different side of Jackie Chan it
seems like even you are already pretty
successful you're trying to make
breakthroughs so what kind of Jackie
Chan you want audience to see I want to
be a real active action actor is not
just kung fu stuff action star the life
very shocked honestly you can count
from our time my time all that action
stuff how many how many people left I
want to be an action action not that
action action action active the actor
who can fight I want to be a Asia rapper
DeNiro Oh Dustin Hoffman so this way you
can stay in the film industry forever so
for the last 15 or 20 years I mean I
want to break through
nobody hire me love love scene do some
other drama nobody Jackie Chan rush hour
Jackie Chan police story Jackie Chan
whatever 12 is olya always action I'm
not young anymore how long I can keep
fighting
I got a change myself Will Smith let me
to add try the kid oh man I actually I'm
I'm so scared that I I want to try it
but the audio and really accept me do
these kind of things but the movie comes
out big successful and then another
script would call me the foreigner then
I have a guts to do it I think I do the
right to the right choice not just do
you also encourage your team you're
something to do the same to me more than
stone actor but be actors a stuntman is
an actor I was a stuntman before I hope
one one day one some stunt team my stump
team becoming a big active I have to
introduce some of the stunt guy to the
world it's not just Jackie Chan Jackie
probably talking about 40 years ago I
don't want to show anybody Jackie is the
best but today I know I cannot that
selfish
I should some more promote some other
people helping somebody because whatever
yeah lot of people helping me and you
are among one of the few successful
people who actually bring Chinese
culture to the world you're as an
individual or your movie or popular
the road but like recently there's so
many Chinese movie makers trying to do
the same but they all almost all of them
failed like in your opinion what's the
secret there's no secret I don't know I
there's no secret just you use a real
heart to make the real things I always
tell the people when you make a movie
it's just not just a mega movie you want
to make a good movie when you make a
good movie that the world audience you
will accept you
it's not just I make that movie for
American make that movie for Indian no I
don't I I felt before I when I becoming
a big star in Asia hmm I want to make
the movie American audience be English
try to do try to do American style
nobody except me
you're not trying it you're not American
you're Chinese I fell I said okay okay
American market I'll go over to Asia do
my own movie Jackie Chan style movie 10
years later because I do Jackie Chan
movie they accept Jackie Chan
today the problem a lot of people just
on budget on day make a movie just like
a business no we want to make a good
movie for so many times for the movies
you put your life in danger yes you guys
for me if I break my arms and my ankles
are okay that's done I'm not gonna do it
anymore
before you go back continuously doing
those movies why why sometimes I ask
myself why I don't know Rambo in the
bronze I broke my ankle in the morning
and work an afternoon with the
wheelchair sometime in yeah well I
appreciate really good question
sometimes I just asked me why have so
much passion for
watches when you choose that's your job
that's your life I'm getting married
movie camera crew member it's my family
it's all about passion you love it
yeah action it's not about money anymore
yeah sometimes just I love movies
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sometimes I ask myself why I don't know
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when you choose that's your job and
that's your life just I love
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you