Never Grow Up
eBook - ePub

Never Grow Up

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Never Grow Up

About this book

A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world.

Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it’s from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016—after fifty-six years in the industry, over 200 films, and many broken bones—he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime achievement in film. But at 64 years-old, Jackie is just getting started.

Now, in Never Grow Up, the global superstar reflects on his early life, including his childhood years at the China Drama Academy (in which he was enrolled at the age of six), his big breaks (and setbacks) in Hong Kong and Hollywood, his numerous brushes with death (both on and off film sets), and his life as a husband and father (which has been, admittedly and regrettably, imperfect).

Jackie has never shied away from his mistakes. Since The Young Master in 1980, Jackie’s films have ended with a bloopers reel in which he stumbles over his lines, misses his mark, or crashes to the ground in a stunt gone south. In Never Grow Up, Jackie applies the same spirit of openness to his life, proving time and time again why he’s beloved the world over: he’s honest, funny, kind, brave beyond reckoning and—after all this time—still young at heart.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One: Cannonball
  5. Chapter Two: The Boyfriend
  6. Chapter Three: My Deepest, Only Regret
  7. Chapter Four: A Decade of Darkness
  8. Chapter Five: First Love
  9. Chapter Six: Number Nine
  10. Chapter Seven: My Big Breaks
  11. Chapter Eight: Welcome to Australia
  12. Chapter Nine: Australia, Round Two
  13. Chapter Ten: Becoming the Dragon
  14. Chapter Eleven: Overnight Success
  15. Chapter Twelve: The Ghost of Bruce Lee
  16. Chapter Thirteen: Welcome to Hollywood
  17. Chapter Fourteen: The Fling
  18. Chapter Fifteen: Free Fall
  19. Chapter Sixteen: The Gritty
  20. Chapter Seventeen: The Love of My Life
  21. Chapter Eighteen: So What if I Die?
  22. Chapter Nineteen: Wild Things
  23. Chapter Twenty: Fatherhood, Part I
  24. Chapter Twenty-One: One More Shot
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two: My Flashback Highlight Reel
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three: More Dollars Than Sense
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four: Costars
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five: Fatherhood, Part II
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six: Vintage Jackie
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Taken for a Ride
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Give
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Karate Kid’s Dad
  33. Chapter Thirty: Sing
  34. Chapter Thirty-One: The Real Kung Fu Star
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two: My Three Fathers
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three: National Treasure
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four: Four Houses in Singapore
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five: For the Fans
  39. Kicker
  40. Photographs
  41. About the Author
  42. Copyright