10 questions for jackie chan

Happy birthday, Jackie Chan. The action movie superstar turned 55 this week. His most recent movie The Shinjuku Incident is being touted as his move away from action into more "serious" roles. Can you really blame him? The guy has put his body through hell and back, and he isn't getting any younger. He certainly can't do the stuff he was doing back during the Police Story days.

Ling Liu from TIME recently solicited readers for questions to ask Jackie. Here are ten of them... with Jackie's answers: 10 Questions for Jackie Chan. And here's some video of Ling asking him questions. And here's a Jackie Chan photo slideshow. By the way, how many times do you think Jackie Chan has been asked if he could beat Jet Li in a fight?