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    Never Grow Up
    Never Grow Up
    Never Grow Up
    Audiobook9 hours

    Never Grow Up

    Written by Jackie Chan and Jennifer Lim

    Narrated by Daxing Zhang

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateDec 4, 2018
    ISBN9781508267522
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    Jackie Chan

    Jackie Chan is a martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and philanthropist. He has appeared in over 150 films, including Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, Kung Fu Panda, and The Foreigner.

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    • 5/5
      Great read. Could not put it down thanks Steven. Again
    • 5/5
      An honest confession from one of the most famous people in the world. Interesting, touching and informative. A must for any Jackie Chan fan.
    • 5/5
      Thank you Jackie Chan for sharing your life story with us!
    • 3/5
      I really liked the first hour or so. Interesting learning about how he grew up. However after that it was a lot of stories about him treating people badly, over compensating his insecurities with buying lots of extravagant items etc. A lot of filler it felt. Also if you are expecting to hear anything about rush hour you will be disappointed.
    • 5/5
      I have to say I learned more about Jackie Chan after listening to this audio book. His has a very interesting life. It makes me feel to cherish life more after hearing him.
    • 4/5
      W o w efinitely recommend giving this a l isten
    • 5/5
      Amazing, mind blowing and inspiring . Everyone needs to live life to the fullest..never be afraid of making mistakes
    • 5/5
      Amazing! This book has made me an even bigger fan. I truly appreciate the blood sweat and tears this man (or should I say legend) has put into his art and craft. I wish to meet him one day and take a photo. His movies truly got me into the spirit of martial arts.
    • 4/5
      This memoir from Jackie Chan is just like his after-film credit roll. In this, he talks about what it takes to make a movie of being "Jackie Chan". This tale is raw, gritty, scary, sad and joyous all at the same time. This memoir is told in terms of stories that most haunt Jackie's memory. The unabated admittance of his wayward ways, bad behavior, spendthrift nature, mean and petty behavior, his glaring lack of parenting responsibilities and absentee father are all laid out in the open and without any excuses. A few moments in the book also comes close to make you hate your hero, but then you hear his stories about Hongkong cinema as a stuntman, struggles of coming from poverty, his generosity and his love of helping people. His work in charity, his undying love for cinema and his do anything for the story attitude wins you. I now have a new hero that is real and I respect than the one that was a fantasy in mind. Jackie Chan with this book proves that he is a true star, both on-screen and off-screen.
    • 5/5
      I love Jackie Chan's candidness, humor, seriousness and love for life. I used to admire him as a martial artist/ action star. After reading (err.. hearing) the book, I now deeply respect him. I admire his heart for doing charity and making countless number of people happy by being generous of his resources, time and affection. It amazes me to learn about his early life, and his struggles before becoming a superstar. I respect his philosophy in raising JC the way he did. There is no perfect parent, so Jackie should not be too hard on himself on that role of being a dad. His love for his mom and dad is very heart warming. I shed a tear when I learned about his mom passing without him at her side. Thanks to this book, I also am finding new purpose in life (not the type of handling fame or fortune), but to value people and work that I have, the best that only I know how. God bless you Jackie!
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed it, although there are many nuances the fans already knew, but it was a closer look at Jackie the human not the one portrait in the cinema
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you Jackie Chan!
    • 3/5
      I have mixed feelings about this book. It reads easily and quickly, but it's not particularly well written. Or, maybe it was well written in Cantonese but the translation is missing something.It was interesting and shed new light on who Jackie Chan is for me, but I'm not so certain I wanted that light to be turned on.