( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY FIRST GUEST HAS MADE OVER 200
MOVIES INCLUDING "RUSH HOUR" AND "SHANGHAI NOON."
HIS LATEST IS "THE FOREIGNER."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME
JACKIE CHAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
HEY!
COME ON UP!
>> THANK YOU!
WOW!
WHAT A LOVELY AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: WELL, THEY LOVE YOU.
I IMAGINE YOU MUST GET A STANDING OVATION ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
YOU'RE NOT JUST A MOVIE STAR.
YOU'RE AN INDUSTRY.
$2 BILLION MADE WITH YOUR MOVIES.
YOU'VE GOT SUCCESSFUL MOVIES AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE WORLD
FROM WINES TO GYMS TO SEGUE DEALERSHIPS.
CAN YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT SOMEBODY SAYING, HEY, DO
A BACKFLIP THROUGH A LADDER!
>> I REMEMBER A LONG TIME WE WERE FILMING IN AFRICA, IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLE, I COME BACK WITH ABOUT 100 CHILDREN
WITH ME.
EVERYBODY DO THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) I SAID, HOW DO THEY KNOW ME IN
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS ON AN ISLAND WHERE THEY HAVE ONLY
20,000 PEOPLE THERE.
WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING BY THE STREET, THE WHOLE ISLAND IS
CHANTING "JACKIE, JACKIE."
( LAUGHTER ) I ASKED THE DRIVER, WHY THEY
KNOW ME?
THEY HAVE A TWO VIDEO CLIP.
IN THE VILLAGE, THEY ONLY KNOW TWO VILLAGE PAST THE VILLAGE,
ONE, JACKIE CHAN AND STALLONE.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GOING A MOVIE WITH STALLONE?
>> SOON, I HOPE SO.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNG, YOU STUDIED AT DRAMA ACADEMY WE IS A PAY KING OPERA
SCHOOL.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS PEKING OPERA?
>> A LONG TIME AGO, IN CHINA, THERE WAS EVOLUTION, SO MANY
PEOPLE ESCAPED FROM CHINA.
IN THE MORNING, WE'RE LEARNING SINGING, THEN AFTERNOON PUNCH
AND KICKING,.
>> Stephen: FROM OPERA?
YES, AND ALL KIND OF TEACHER, THEY COME TO OUR SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THIS POINT IS THIS.
>> SEVEN.
>> Stephen: SEVEN?
WHAT KIND OF TRAINING?
WAS IT TOUGH TRAINING?
>> OH YOU JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT.
IN THE MORNING, WITH A CUP FULL OF TEA, WATER, WE RUN LIKE THIS.
YOU CANNOT SPE SPILL IS IT WATER YOU SPILL THE WATER, THEY HIT
YOU.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) WE'RE JUST WALKING LIKE THIS AND
1,000 PUNCH AND 500 KICK.
>> Stephen: AND SINGING.
AND SINGING.
( LAUGHTER ) SINGING, SUMMERSAULT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE LITERALLY A TRIPLE THREAT, ACTOR, SINGER AND
PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE.
>> AND DOING THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WAS THIS MEANT TO TRAIN YOU TO GO INTO MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES OR
JUST A -- >> I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE MY
FATHER WAS, AT THAT TIME, WAS IN THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN
AUSTRALIA.
AND I WAS IN HONG KONG IN A BOARDING SCHOOL, STAYED THERE
TEN YEARS.
>> Stephen: SO TEN YEARS MEANS 7 TO 17.
>> YES.
ONE DAY A DIRECTOR CAME TO OUR SCHOOL, SHOW US A CHILD ACTOR.
COME, COME.
THEN I BECOME A YOUNG CHILD ACTOR.
FROM THAT TIME, I KEEP FILMING 57 YEARS AND HERE NOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT WORKS.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: I JUST FOUND THIS OUT, YOU REVEALED "RUSH HOUR 4"
IS IN THE WORKS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> FINALLY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
FINALLY, IN THE SEVEN YEARS AFTER I HAVE SO MANY SCRIPTS
SENT TO ME, POLICE FROM HONG KONG, POLICE FROM CHINA,
C.I.A. FROM HONG KONG, C.I.A.
FROM CHINA -- I SAID, CAN I HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE MAMMA
MIA?
( LAUGHTER ) OR LIKE "LA-LA LAND."
>> Stephen: STOP CASTING ME AS THESE GUYS.
>> YES.
IF I CHANGE TO ACTOR, NOBODY ACCEPT IT, SO FOR THE LAST 20
YEARS, I KEEP CHANGING, LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW I'M THE ACTOR WHO
CAN FIGHT, NOT THE FIGHTER WHO CAN ACT.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU PLAYING IN "THE FOREIGNER"?
>> I'M THE ORDINARY PEOPLE HIDING IN LONDON.
OPENING A CHINESE RESTAURANT.
SUDDENLY, MY DAUGHTER GETS KILLED.
I LET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELP ME, BUT THEY SAY, YEAH, YEAH,
NOTHING HAPPENED.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
I FIND HIM MYSELF.
LATER ON, THEY FIND OUT, WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN?
THEN THEY FIND OUT I HAVE A SPECIAL BACKGROUND, I TRAIN FOR
THE SPECIAL FORCES, NAVY SEAL AND I JUST FIND OUT WHO KILLED
MY DAUGHTER.
IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ROLE.
MOSTLY WHEN YOU SEE RUSH HOUR, EVERYBODY IS HA, HA, HA, HA --
( LAUGHTER ) NOW I GO TO THE THEATER AND
WATCH WITH THE AUDIENCE, THE WHOLE THEATER --
>> Stephen: CRYING?
YEAH, CRYING.
THE MOVIE FINISHES AND EVERYBODY IS JUST STANDING UP.
>> Stephen: BUT IN GOOD WAY?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOT STUNNED BUT IMPRESSED.
>> "THE FOREIGNER," WITH THIS KIND OF MOVIE, THE AUDIENCE SITS
LIKE THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: BUT THIS ONE --
RIGHT, YOU CAN IMAGINE "RUSH HOUR 4" LIKE THIS, EVERYBODY --
( LAUGHTER ) SO A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOVIE.
RUSH HOUR, YOU NEED PEOPLE MOVING.
>> Stephen: YES.
"THE FOREIGNER," THE AUDIENCE HAVE TO BE QUIET.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING )
>> Stephen: WELL, JACKIE, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU
HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FLUKE GETTING PEOPLE TO JUST STARE SILENTLY AT THE SCREEN IN
"THE FOREIGNER" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
JACKIE CHAN, EVERYBODY!