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Chen: Questions -- I've asked them every single day.
Hey, do you want to answer a couple of questions?
Yes, questions.
Some people are trying to ban lip gloss,
what do you think about that?
I don't -- I don't care.
I've asked them for important causes.
Yeah.
Hair magazine.
Yes. That's pretty lucky
Yeah, it is, that.
Questions are in my blood. Seriously.
My blood type is Y+.
How many times have you been at the beach today?
Today? I just only come once every day.
So you're not -- not that into it?
I come almost every day.
But for every ten hundred different questions I ask,
there's only ever been one that I've come back to
time and time again.
Hey. Hello. How's it going?
Sick. We've got it.
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Hey, how are you?
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Hey, hello. How's it going?
That's actually an example of a question itself already.
Questions is my job. In these next few lessons,
I'm gonna teach you how to ask some of the best ones.
Are you ready? That's another type of question.
Some of you might be thinking, why is this guy teaching me?
Well, interviewing is my trade and my life.
Some people say you're not very nice
[ Sneezes ]
What's something that you would never say?
Oh, I'm not gonna say it, am I?
Could you get a tattoo of a QR code?
It's too dangerous, you know the government.
With so many interviews under my belt for so many outlets,
I'm the last true authority.
I don't want you to just be going off
and just learning the head knowledge.
I want you to take my passion, my wisdom, and all that.
If you were to invent a new swear word
Sprog.
My name is Aaron Chen, and this is my wisdom school.
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Being a chameleon, that's the key to your job,
you need to be all things to all people.
You really need to come to their level
and match their mood, style and language.
Yes, I do.
I do.
Yeah.
Wow.
We're here for Ponytail magazine,
ponytail lifestyle, ponytail on the street
and everything in between.
Ponytails are powerful.
Have you ever seen "Dragon Ball Z"?
You know Trunks?
Yeah. Makes me feel like Trunks.
Makes me feel secure about myself.
Sometimes you'd feel insecure?
I guess sometimes. Yeah.
I'm not looking at dudes with ponytails,
I'm more looking at chicks, you know?
Not these days.
I'm too old for that. I just prefer having multiple lovers.
It's better for my system.
That's so, um, yeah, quite intense.
Life is intense, isn't it, brother?
You think fro and ponytail can be friends?
I think they could be friends. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
She doesn't really speak English.
You ever shake your ponytail like that?
Nah, I don't believe in body consciousness.
Pony on.
Pony on. Okay, guys,
I think that's where we'll leave it.
Thank you so much.
[ Rattling ]
We're here today with a publication called
"Honestly Monthly." Do you think the truth matters?
Honestly?
Honestly.
In regards to the truth,
would you ever tell a tall tale?
Today we're here with...
Honestly?
Yeah, for sure.
Do you think you'll tell the truth this interview?
Honestly?
Honestly.
Yes.
This is a very strange interview.
I don't think
this is what I thought it was going to be.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah.
What was the last promise you made?
Well, you just said
you promised to tell the truth,
That is true.
I guess you got me.
[ Stage whispering ] So we're here today with "Total whisper."
Yeah, nice --
Do I have to whisper?
[ Whispering ] Okay, hi.
Do you have any memory of a type of place
which you thought was wonderful?
[ Whispering ] Back in my home country.
Can you describe the scenery there?
The mountain was beautiful.
When the sun was shining on top of the mountain
it looked like gold.
Yeah.
To me it did.
I've got to whisper?
Oh, okay.
What's your favorite way to fall asleep?
What cartoons?
"Tom and Jerry."
What's some of your favorite lines?
"Tom and Jerry" doesn't have a line.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
What do you do to relax?
"Crash Bandicoot" or something like that.
You jump around and avoid, like,
different types of things and you just get on platforms.
What movie is the most relaxing?
"Kill Bill."
[ Whispering ] It's got Uma Thurman in it,
and it's about how she tries to kill someone who's committed
all these heinous crimes against her and mutilated her body, so.
Nighty night.
[ Thud ]
[ Normal voice ] Street interviews will leave you
feeling extremely drained.
There is one tip I can give you to deal with that.
It's called being professional.
What's this interview about?
This interview. What's it about?
I don't know. You are interviewing, so.
You don't have time?
Sorry. Where's this gonna go?
This. Where is this going?
No, no, w-where is this gonna go as in like
where are you going to go? Going to telecast this?
Sorry, I don't -- I don't have time.
I really got away with that one 'cause I was a total chameleon.
If you want to take your interviewing to the next level,
you got to pioneer in the field of technology.
These are some of the technologies that I've invented
to help me with my interviewing along the way.
This one, tricrophone,
this is extremely helpful of you have twins.
You want to be inventing new microphones
and pushing all of your equipment to the boundary.
This is a war zone microphone.
It is one of the most dangerous types of things.
Four at once, get all sides of the story at one time.
I didn't put that there. I don't know what that is.
This is, um, a safety type of microphone.
This would not hurt, um, a subject.
I want you to be able to build your own microphone
from scratch, maybe using rocks, scrap metal,
maybe find some wires from the computer
and put them into a tube.
Uh, we just had lunch.
Thank you so much.
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I have this recurring dream where I walk into this forest
and on the trees there's bark,
and the bark is brown
and the leaves, brown some of them, yellow,
there is green ones and the ground is, um, regular.
And I'm walking through this forest.
Who should I discover?
It is, of course, my own self. Happy and nice guy.
Hello.
I have the clarity of mind
to ask something long not queried.
How are me?
The reply, however, is interrupted by the rotors
of an air colossus.
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
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While in the sky, a subject presents themselves
and I reengage professionally.
Hello, how's it going?
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Yeah, good, mate, can't complain.
Anyway, that's just a dream. Show the bird one.
What do you think about bird flu?
[ Bleep ] birds!
We're here today at Bondi Beach.
Yeah, local.
I've heard of "Nutbush City Limit"
but I haven't heard of Nice Beach City Livin'.
Ba dum tiss.
I thought I said a good joke, but he said, "ba dum tiss,"
which shows my ego grew too large.
How does one destroy the ego?
Like this.
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[ Thudding ]
Man: What's with the chucking of the thing into the bin?
Is that his schtick, is it?
Two professionals will be almost indistinguishable
apart from their flair.
It's a personal thing.
One man's bum is another man's bring.
My personal flair creation -- Watch this.
[ Thudding ]
Pretty good.
I dispose of the microphone so all answers
will forever remain sacred.
So that's my flair.
What will be yours today?
We're here for Faraway TV, a new TV station
for people who like it far away.
Yes.
Would you mind saying that to this camera as well?
Yes, I do.
Have you ever been in a long-distance relationship?
Yeah.
Yes, I have.
I remember one time a little girl,
about eight or nine, she came up to me
and, uh, she said, "Aaron, you've done so much.
You've pioneered in the field of street
interviewing in every single way.
What are you gonna do next?"
I pondered it for a second and I looked back at her
and I said, "Leave the questions to me, toots."
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So, yeah, the end. Thanks.
I'm more a mutt than a rocker.
And, uh, but I don't think I'm a hippie, I'm not, uh --
[ Laughs ]
But -- But, uh, definitely hair is so important.
-Funny? -No funny! Scary!