I get to Hong Kong at the time Jackie Chan had a management company where he was sort of looking for the next generation of action stars.

Like that's what he was doing. And he knew that his name and his, you know, all the things would be a great headline to what he was doing.

And he was, you know, kind of training all these young boys. And like, I was like the girl and they took me on and they trained me, his team trained me.

And I became the sort of like action star. And I was a runner, okay? So you have to understand like people who aren't runners, like we're not a flexible people.

Like I couldn't touch my toes at the time, you know, and they're sort of looking at me going, uh, you look strong and we think you are strong and we think we can make you into something.

But jeez, like, it's going to take a while, right? And they're specialists in every discipline. So he's got like the Kung Fu guy, the Taekwondo guy, the karate guy, like everybody is specialized.

And so they sort of take you on and they break you. And at least being with Jackie, I had some sort of protection against, or I think it was a protection against a lot of, you know, that studio mafia, so type of stuff that they do, you know, in all parts of the world, but over there especially, you know, it's sort of like, I was his girl in that I was like someone he was bringing up that he was raising in the business.

So I wasn't to be messed with too much. You know what I mean? Like there was a sort of a blanket of protection a little bit. So that helped me. I'm Maggie Q and this is the Rich Roll podcast.

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It's super nice to meet you. I'm surprised that we haven't met before. We have some me friends and common from the old vegan community, animal rights community.

And also you were just really like the first that I was aware of that was doing what you were doing on that level. And it was just it was such a pioneering move. And so yeah, I'm really surprised.

Yeah, well, I think we've probably been at some of the same sort of benefit. Yeah, all the fun razors.

I'm so boring that like that's what that's me going out going to intimidate it by everyone I sit in the back and I leave early.

I tried to sit in the back and leave early, but they always want me to like present something. You've been in it. You've been in it much longer than I have.

It's been like 20 years or something like that at this point, right? It really has. Yeah.

I remember you were part of Earthlings where both friends with Sean. I remember when that movie came out. And I was pretty new to the whole thing.

Really? And I was at some I think it was in Woodland Hills or like a Pierce College. There was some janky like Veg Fest that no one went to.

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