Jackie Chan ‘Chinese Zodiac’ Is His Most Ambitious Film! Will It Be His Last? Action Icon Shares Thoughts On Turning 60

Jackie Chan is the true Action Superstar in the highest sense. His latest film is "Chinese Zodiac." He plays a treasure hunter in the film which he also directs.

He claims it is his most ambitious film. There are rumors that it might be the last. Jackie Chan addresses those issues in a roundtable interview.

From Collider, "It's been rumored that this will be your last big action film.  Is that true?

CHAN:  Wrong message again!  You all know I'm not young anymore.  (joking)  I'm 40...  I've lost count.  (laughs)  Next year, in seven more months, I'm going to be 60.  Okay?  I did this movie because I wanted to prove something to audiences, and even to some journalists, who say, "Oh, Jackie doesn't fight anymore, he's getting old.  Now, he only makes1911, Karate Kid 2, and he does less and less stunts."  Actually, I've heard this so many times.  I was secretly writing this script when I was doingRush Hour 3 and The Forbidden Kingdom.  I was writing the script for six years.  I wanted to prove by doing this that I could still do a big action movie for audiences.  That's the one.  But when I was doing this one, it was really, really painful.  It's not like it used to be.  Me, I want to do it, but my body tells me to stop.  And after I had an accident, my back really hurt.  Then I sat down on the side, thinking to myself, "How long can I keep doing this?"  I have no reason to stop doing action things, but sometime maybe I will break my ankle again.  That's the reason.  Then it takes two months or one year [to recover].  The dance totally stops.  Now, I'm still doing [big action] when I should stop.  I don't want to end up in a wheelchair in my life.  So that's why when I finished the movie and it was really tiring, I announced in Cannes, "That's my last big action movie."  But so many people forgot the "big."  I said, "That's my last big action movie."  I should have said, "That's my last *big* action movie."

What kind of projects are you looking for now?

CHAN:  Films like The Karate Kid and 1911.  I'm talking about kicking and punching and rolling over the table or the chair.  That's easy.  But not jumping off a building or over a car or motorcycle.  No.  I might use a double or more face-replacement.  Somebody can do it for me and jump, but use my face.  I think the audience already knows I can do it.  In Hollywood, it's difficult to find a good script for myself.  These last couple of days I've sat down and heard, "The idea is you and Chris Tucker, you know?"  And I say, "Okay."  Then we meet another screenwriter:  "A good idea, you and Owen Wilson."  I go, "Okay."  Then I go to the Warner Bros. studio and see two writers:  "You and Chris Tucker would be so..."  Then I say, "Can

I want to be in Avatar.  I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man.  I just move a little bit, and then from here to there, it's all cartoon.  Then I just go to the building like this.  It's so cool and so good.  Why don't I do it?  I just don't have that kind of talent.  I don't know special effects.  I don't know computers.  I don't even know how to type.  I only know the stupid way, the traditional way, using film.  I really jump from the window.  That's all.  They say, "You'll learn it."  But I say, "No!  I'm 60.  I don't have time to learn computer graphics.  I know what I do.  I'll continue to make this kind of film."