I am Jackie Chan by Long Cheng

Author:Long Cheng
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Cheng, Long, -- 1954-, Motion picture actors and actresses -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1999-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

more than I thought. I had the love and faith of my parents, I had my health, and I had my youth. "Remember, Jackie, you came to us in the Year of the Horse," she said. "Yoj were born to be a great man, and you will go on to do great things. But you can't do them here. This is not where you belong."

And then, with her mother's heart, she told me to go. Knowing that it would hurt to lose me again, she still pushed me away.

Because to her, as always, my happiness was more important than hers. That's a mother's love.

I decided then that I would have to go back to Hong Kong, to somehow succeed—if only to make my mom's faith in me come true.

But how? My brothers were mostly struggling to find their own way in the industry, after Bruce Lee's death; and though my reputation as a stuntman was still one of the best in the industry, going back to the grind of stunt work was no reason to take the long trip back—even if there were jobs available.

It was at this point that someone who would become one of the most important people in my life entered the picture: my manager and very best friend, Willie Chan.

As I mentioned before, Willie, who was working then as the assistant general manager of the Cathay Organization, used to come around to my old studio all the time. Because Willie was in charge of scouting films for his company to distribute, he was a regular fixture around the place. In fact, Golden Harvest had bought Cathay's old studios, so the connection between the two companies was very strong.

Of course, I didn't really know him then. As a stuntman, I never spoke to anybody important. And Willie was a big man— in addition to working for Cathay, he'd produced a hit movie of his own called Love is a Four-Letter Word, and he always hung out with the top stars in Hong Kong.

The first time I really met him was at a big celebrity wedding: Charlie Chin, who was a very popular actor from Taiwan, married his girlfriend, an actress named Sing Wong Fang, and to make sure the fans didn't cause any trouble, they wanted a bunch of us stuntmen to serve as bodyguards. I volunteered, and tried to be as helpful as possible. I remember Willie complimenting me on how well I handled the situation, and he gave me his business card, though he probably didn't think I'd ever call him.

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