Karate Kid: Legends star Jackie Chan visits WIRED to give answers to his most searched for questions on Google. What was Jackie Chan's first job? How many languages does Jackie Chan speak? Does he have a stunt double? How does Jackie Chan train? What is his fighting style? Answers to these questions and many more await on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview of Jackie Chan.
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00:00This is Jackie Chan.
00:01This is a wild, auto-complete interview.
00:08Three, two, one, go.
00:15Okay, the one dropped.
00:18So I'll take this one first.
00:22I can speak Cantonese, Mandarin,
00:26a little bit English,
00:28and Shandong, Shanghai,
00:30a lot of Korea, Japanese,
00:32and Taiwanese.
00:34Not many, eight.
00:37Whoa.
00:38Doing his...
00:40Own stun.
00:41Yes, I'm still doing my own stun.
00:43Why?
00:44Because even now, today,
00:46the technology is so good,
00:48but the world audience still like to see
00:51Jackie Chan doing their own things.
00:53Maybe 40 years ago, I can do a triple kick,
00:55ba-ba-boom, ba-ba-boom.
00:57Now, 20 years later, the double kick.
01:00But now, I do one kick, okay.
01:03I just do shoulder, one kick.
01:05This is, I'm doing.
01:07If right now, jumping the floor,
01:09no, I do need a double now.
01:13Stunt.
01:14It depends, like, when I have drive a helicopter,
01:21we need some professional.
01:23When I'm doing a triple kick, then I need...
01:26I have a hundred students.
01:29We can, in the middle, I can pick up who do the best,
01:32who do this, who do that.
01:35Oh.
01:36Training.
01:37Training.
01:38I have my training camp with all my stunt team.
01:42Like, three hour.
01:44Mostly time, you know, we punch and talking, kicking,
01:48and think about the choreograph,
01:51how to, different than some other movies,
01:53use what kind of weapon, and chair, and the board,
01:58how to fight with the board.
02:01Yeah.
02:03Yeah.
02:06What is Jackie Chan's first job?
02:08First job, when I was eight, I was a child actor.
02:16First movie, same.
02:18When I was seven, I was like, like an angel.
02:23And I'm singing.
02:24That's me.
02:28The first job, first movie.
02:31This is what?
02:32Famous quote.
02:34My famous quote?
02:36I can do it, never give up.
02:37Whenever I do the stunt, I look at the dangerous things,
02:40I say, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.
02:42Don't give up.
02:43Boom!
02:43Then I jump.
02:44Then breaking angle.
02:45Then break my skull.
02:53The first car I drive, ah, the boss gave to me.
02:58That's a Volkswagen.
02:59The one, exactly like, classic kid, the Jaden Smith.
03:05I was to break the car, the same car.
03:08Right now, it's a Toyota Alpha.
03:13More people can sit down, easy.
03:15Not like it used to be a sport car,
03:17but now I'm most comfortable as possible.
03:21More low-key as possible.
03:23Right on your face.
03:26Right on your face.
03:28Oh.
03:29No.
03:30No.
03:31No.
03:32No.
03:33No.
03:34No.
03:35No.
03:36No.
03:37My family rule, no ear hole, no tattoo.
03:40Even my son.
03:41Can I sing?
03:44Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
03:50Whatever you do, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
03:55Whatever you do, or help my heart break, I will be right here waiting for you.
04:06Fighting.
04:07Okay.
04:08Another one.
04:09Why so many questions?
04:13Where I'm living, I'm based in Hong Kong, but right now I'm still in Beijing.
04:20I'm filming in Beijing right now.
04:22And this moment, I'm in Myanmar between China border filming in the jungle.
04:29Now, right now, right this moment, I'm in London.
04:42Oh, my teacher from China.
04:45There are so many teachers at that time from China.
04:50So we teach singing, dancing, stick fight, knife fight, kicking punch, all kinds of things
04:56for 10 years.
04:57My father, I'm growing up in French embassy until I'm seven.
05:11And I mean, I'm filming Panda Project 2.
05:18The first one last year was a release.
05:20This year we're making a Panda Project 2 filming between Yunnan and Myanmar's China
05:27border.
05:28When I was in school, I learned Southern style.
05:36After 10 years, I learned Southern, Northern style.
05:39So I know both styles.
05:41And Southern style, more jumping.
05:43And Northern style, more on the ground.
05:47Not so much, so many jumping.
05:50And after that, I learned karate, hapkido, judo, boxing.
05:54I learned so many things.
05:56Because in that time, we don't have a cell phone, we don't have a karaoke, we don't have
06:01anything.
06:02And most important, I don't have money.
06:04Every time we stay in the dojo school, gladding with all the friends.
06:11That's how we spend every day.
06:13Not like this day, you can have a karaoke, drinking bar, mostly cell phone.
06:19We don't.
06:20But I'm glad.
06:21Because at that time, we don't have these kind of things.
06:24I train a lot.
06:25Train.
06:26Huh?
06:27What's the name of Chinese Chinese?
06:30Oh.
06:31When I was young, I was very big, very fat.
06:36So Chinese name called me Pao.
06:39It's like a Kenyan.
06:41My mom speaks Shanghainese.
06:43It's called me a Po.
06:45In the embassy, everybody called me Po.
06:48I thought it's English Po.
06:50It's not Shanghainese Po.
06:52My father went to Australia American Embassy.
06:57When I got there, everybody called me, what's your name?
07:00I said, okay, my name is Paul.
07:02And that time, I wanted to learn English.
07:04Then I go to the night school.
07:06Then the teacher asked me, what's your name?
07:08I said, my name is Chang Gong Sing.
07:10No, your name is Steven.
07:12I said, okay.
07:13Embassy, Paul, school, Steven.
07:16Then I went to some worker.
07:19Then my friend bring me there.
07:21Did this guy have an English name?
07:24No.
07:25Okay.
07:26He used his name.
07:28Put my name.
07:29His name called Jack.
07:31In Australia, I have a Paul Steven Jack.
07:34Then Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack.
07:36After nine months, I know a little bit English.
07:39Because Jack Chan.
07:41No rhythm.
07:42Just like a fighting.
07:43Then I put a Y.
07:45Jackie Chan.
07:46Then after that, when I make a movie, after Famous, I signed to Golden Harvest.
07:53And the Golden Harvest said, Jackie, you're too strong.
07:57Too man.
07:58You have to change a little bit.
08:00Then they take out the Y.
08:02They put the IE.
08:04So you see 80s, my poster still J-A-C-K-Y.
08:09But after 80s, always J-A-C-K-I-E, Jackie Chan.
08:13Believe it or not, after I changed to IE, my career just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
08:20They will start.
08:21Huh?
08:22You like the food?
08:24Oh.
08:25I like any food.
08:27But I don't like animal stomach inside.
08:31Especially these days, not many steaks.
08:33I don't know why.
08:34Now I like more soup, vegetable, fruit, mango, bread, caisson.
08:43I tossed a lot of board.
08:44This was very fun.
08:45I see you next time.
08:46I need more board.
08:47I need more question.
08:49I need you know more about me.
08:53Bye-bye.