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Never grow up / Jackie Chan with Zhu Mo ; translated by Jeremy Tiang.

by Cheng, Long, 1954-

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Gallery Books, 2018.

791.43028 C518n

Cheng, Long, 1954-

Motion picture actors and actresses -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.

Martial artists -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.

9781982107215 (hc.)

9781982107222 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

Jackie Chan : never grow up.

1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.

xiv, 333 p.,16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

"Originally published in China in 2015 by Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House as Never Grow Up, Only Get Older"-- T.p. verso.

Cannonball -- The boyfriend -- My deepest, only regret -- A decade of darkness -- First love -- Number nine -- My big breaks -- Welcome to Australia -- Australia, Round two -- Becoming the dragon -- Overnight success -- The ghost of Bruce Lee -- Welcome to Hollywood -- The fling -- Free fall -- The gritty -- The love of my life -- So what if I die? -- Wild things -- Fatherhood, Part I -- One more shot -- My flashback highlight reel -- More dollars than sense -- Costars -- Fatherhood, Part II -- Vintage Jackie -- Taken for a ride -- Give -- The karate kid's dad -- Sing -- The real kung fu star -- My three fathers -- National treasure -- Four houses in Singapore -- For the fans -- Kicker.

"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."--From publisher.

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