My feelings about Jackie Chan are well known. About a decade ago, he dropped by the DreamWorks campus. I saw him from afar and it was one of the rare, rare occasions living in L.A. that I was actually starstruck. (The only other case I can think of was also at DWA. I rounded a corner and found myself walking straight toward Jerry Seinfeld. He looked at me and said, “How’s it going?” Funny guy.)
This week, Jackie Chan swung by the Oriental DreamWorks offices, so I got a chance to see him again. He took a photo with the entire staff. People were lining up for the photo, so tall 老外 like me and Eli stepped to the back, of course. Then people started standing on chairs, blocking us completely. I’d like to see the picture. We were there, just way in the back, behind the wall of people standing on chairs.
It did afford me the opportunity to say a Chinese phrase I’ve been dying to use since I got here:
我太矮了 (“I’m too short.”)