Michelle Yeoh talks about her early career and why Jackie Chan is afraid of her 

So let me get this straight. Dancer, swimmer, squash player, actor, long distance runner, beauty queen and martial artist. Talk about doing everything, everywhere all at once.

She is part of the reason why that period of HK cinema was so legendary and unfortunately will never be replicated again.

"Only two women I'm afraid of, and one of them is Michelle." What a boss statement! Clearly a compliment too.

Ran into Michelle Yeoh once in a Art exhibit in HK. Immediately you can see she is a true star. As much as I wanted to ask her for a picture, I still noticed that she was with family so I didn’t want to interrupt their family day. She is such a cool artist that represent a good role model that tell the world that woman can do a lot too.

She is one of the living legends in the action movie industry.

Never realised how dazzling she was in her youth. Such an honour to have such an elegant and powerful woman who made a lot of strife to try out an unknown stage and made her pretty great at what she's doing now. Definitely a great woman overall.

I met her once a number of years back in her penthouse in Malaysia. We pitched a project to her. She is everything you expect her to be… beautiful, poised, down to earth, smart and incredibly warm. I am so happy she got a chance to make this film and show everyone that she’s more than just an action star, but is capable of playing characters with range and emotional depth.

the most impressive thing about those early movies, is how she looks more badass and capable than pretty much every batman in cinema. even decades later, those movies still make you feel that tingly sense of "uh, that gotta hurt!", amazing.

I fell in love with her in Super Cop, and my respect for her has only deepened since. Her fight scenes in Crouching Tiger are some of the best in action movie history... :)

This woman aged like fine wine. Just wow... Still remember falling in love with her when I was a little boy watching HK flicks.

I discovered Michelle Yeoh late when I saw her for the first time in "Memoir of a Geisha". I was so blown away by her performance that any time I see her name in a credit I give the film/show a try. I have rarely been disappointed. A great star that the Anglo world has ignored for too long for all the wrong reasons. Thank God for the Australian SBS that regularly plays shows from the Kong Kong studios and I can get a regular 'fix' of her work.

Literally if I see Michelle Yeoh’s name in a movie I am watching it hands down. Her on scene presence is phenomenal. She is definitely a living legend

Michelle is such a beautiful person inside and out. For me, Michelle Yeoh, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton were iconic in the 80s-90s as defining action stars for the females in mainstream film. It showed that women can do it too, look great doing it, and carry themselves well.

How has Michelle Yeoh not become even bigger? She's beautiful, smart, articulate, accomplished, and a bad-ass role model for girls and women. Did you see her in Star Trek: Discovery? She was so awesome as Captain/Empress Georgiou. She needs to come back to Star Trek in some way.

Her personality is both regal and down to earth.

I love how she said that it's important to her to be strong and athletic but still be feminine.

i've seen a couple of interviews with this lady (and several films), and I gotta say, my respect for her just keeps rising. I'm really glad I've had the opportunity to be around while her work is current.

I thought she was from Hong Kong until my Cantonese friends told me she had an accent. It's just amazing how she did all the things she mentioned. I have watched most of her movies and I actually admire her effort. please make more movies.

Michelle Yeoh is a world class act that is timeless and can never be replicated. She has it all and is all. :) Much respect to her and her awesome career.

I am a big fan of Jackie Chan and so when I started notice of Ms Michelle khan " she's identified then as Michelle khan during her early movies with Jackie Chan. " since then her being so good in martial arts really captivates me and became one of her avid fans. Thank you for featuring her in your show. My best regards and congratulations to all your success. I'm Antonio Tungpalan your avid fan from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Have loved this woman for many years, and am so glad she's getting her due. Living legend.

I've only watched Michelle Yeoh in one role (Crazy Rich Asians) and I immediately loved her. You can just tell that a legend graced your screen even when you know absolutely nothing about her.

I been loving Michelle Yeoh since the first time I saw her in SuperCop AKA Police Story III, such an awesome actress

I have loved Michelle Yeoh for years. She's such a badass. This makes me want to watch her older movies

Her absolute coolness is ageless, most certainly. If I was one of her children, my only worry would be, that I am not cool enough for my mom. Not only is she fit and skilled, she also has that sassy humor glimmering in the corner of her eye, what an inspiring person!

I’ve not seen those clips before of Michelle doing action scenes - she’s brilliant! And so were her fellow actors and stunt men in the scenes.

That commercial with Jackie is priceless!

I have watched the first 2 seasons of Star Trek Discovery and have to say that Michelle Yeoh has done a phenomenal job with her character.

Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock..two of the "baddest" women on the planet!!!

this is a phenomenal woman right here. Crouching Tiger was the first time I saw her, and she's been mesmerizing me ever since.

Michelle Yeoh made me fall in love with Asian women. As actresses not personally. Her performance in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was awesome.

The end fight in Yes, Madam with Michelle and Cynthia is one of the best fight scenes ever filmed.

She can portray any character type. She's so intelligent and versatile.

This brought back memories of my childhood. My father made me watch all these movies...good times 😊😊

I've always liked Michelle Yeow. I have a copy of "Yes Madam", and her fight choreography is fantastic, but aside from that, there's a deep and abiding strength, vivacity, and confidence about her that makes her very engaging on screen. She's the ONLY character in Star Trek Discovery other than Pike and Number One, that i like, all the others are a waste of screen time. No matter what she is doing, Michelle Yeoh grabs your attention, and holds it.

This editing is so on point, all the right references, timing. So much effotrts to a short interview, and it makes the video very enjoyable to watch, good job editor!

"Whatever path you decide to take in this life... be true to yourself." -Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon played by Michelle Yeoh

I won't be the first, or last person to say this- I love Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh is an absolute legend love her 💯

Have loved her in movies for at least 20 years. I didn't realize just how worldly she started out, that's cool!

Well now I love her even more. She’s a genuine bad ass.

fun fact: Karen Mok's final hallway fight scene in Yuen's 2002 film "So Close" was a self-homage to his earlier work in Yes, Madam (particularly the glass plate breaking maneuver @ 7:10). he even got the leads (Karen, Shu Qi, Zhao Wei) to dress up like Michelle in Yes, Madam!

So much respect for Michelle in the film industry. She has achieved so much. What a journey.

Michelle Yeoh is awesome!

I grew up watching Michelle Yeoh's movies&still watch what she stars in to this day! Exceptional&amazing woman! She deserves a lot of credit frfr

I've really become a HUGE fan more and more learning about Michelle's history and now I would love to watch her earlier movies. She is a most BEAUTIFUL, talented, intelligent, graceful, and athletic entertainer. She is one of the few that have even become more physically beautiful as she ages. IMUA Michelle! An Amazon Woman indeed!

Michelle is an amazing talent and beauty; hr essence shows through the camera. Somehow she has been able to maintain exceptional beauty throughout the phases of her life. I've been a huge fan of her for almost 40 years.

Datuk Michelle Yeoh is definitely a Malaysian. She is the first and may be the only actress from Malaysia to be in the 007 series. Many Malaysian have become famous outside Malaysia .

Dancers make amazing fighters. Bruce Lee was also a dancer.

She's a literal beast & legend. I want to see a film of the legends but bring new talent into this generation. Lucy Liu, Michelle, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen & Jet li etc. I would love it.

YESS QUEEN! greetings from the Philippines!! When are you next visiting us Ate Michelle? Thanks for empowering so many people here with your good works and talks! Salamat po! Youre one of the shinhng stars of our region, we are all so proud and celebrate your journey!

Hollywood made female action heroes: Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Beatrix Kiddo, Imperator Furiosa, Trinity, etc... Hong Kong made female action stars: Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Yukari Oshima, Moon Lee, Cynthia Khan, etc...

YES. She hit the nail on the head talking about the balance between tough and strong and still being feminine/recognizably female. Michelle is no joke and I have nothing but respect and admiration for her. Modern heroines in American cinema are lacking in that second realm (looking at you, Brie Larson) because all of a sudden it's "sexist" to be anything resembling feminine these days, and Michelle strikes that balance perfectly, IMO. How can you not love her? She's witty, charming, graceful, intelligent, articulate, and that all makes her even more beautiful than she already is. All hail Michelle!

Michelle Yeoh is an international treasure!

She is one of my life time icons. I have loved and adored her along with a deep profound respect for years. Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!!

I'm extremely impressed how she didn't touch her face with any procedures what so ever as most Asian female celebs would

Love this interview. Loved Michelle for 30 years

I've always loved her voice, but now am so much more amazed by her. Those were awesome moves.

We used to dances at Serf Disco Ipoh when she was still schooling. I will jokingly called her Ling Ching Sia and had look of a film star but never thought she will be an actress and more famous than Ling. The day she won Miss Malaysia and later when go on a her father antique car on a street parade in Ipoh with antique vehicle organize the City Mayor and she look so beautiful at her teen.

Thanks for posting

Sh, along with Yukari Oshima (Cynthia Luster), and Moon Lee were the first women to start the female action flicks in HongKong. She approached it from the dance perspective, while Oshima and Lee actually had martial arts pedigree. Cynthia Rothrock also help popularize this genre. She was "forms" black belt , which meant her skill was more dance and non-combat. Cynthia used double stuntmen in her tougher stunts but all 3 Asian women did their own stunts and actually suffered injuries at times from these stunts.

Just finished watching Everything everywhere all at once, and the movie was more than expected, just 10/10 easily. Made Laugh, cry, terrified all at once. And the Sci-fi element was just top notch. 🔥

She’s one of those actors/actresses you kinda don’t notice in movies but then get older and one day you’re like “this chick is n EVERYTHING!” 😂 She’s def a monster! Crouching tigers is prob my fav of her movies. Smart Elegant woman.

Michelle Yeoh, as a pretty sweet school girl of 16 from Ipoh Malaysia, was already setting her eyes on the lamplight. She won her first Beauty Queen 1970 Lions Club Motor Show & then on to winning the Miss Malaysia title. The rest is history.

Michelle Yeoh was the best thing about Star Trek Discovery. Stopped watching when she left. Her screen presence is amazing. I hadn't seen her in anything until then. I've since watched several of her movies and wow she's incredible! Please please stay in Star Trek. Modern ST needs you SO much.

I didnt recognise her in those early films when I watched them years ago. She's been in everything. Cheers

So I grew up with Michelle on screen and I am still with Michelle.

Ms. Yeoh is a true class act. And some kind of real-life Wonder Woman. 🥰

She’s one of my favorite actresses. So impressive ❤️

Great interview!

I love Michelle Yeoh. She was the first female Asian martial arts superstar I knew of. When I was a kid I saw there were a lot of male Asian martial arts superstar but wondered why aren't there any female versions? Then I saw Supercop 3 and she blew my mind away. She was so cool in that movie and every action movie after that. That movie though looked supper dangerous. I couldn't believe actors were doing stunts like that. It was so scary to watch. I knew her name from there. Any how, I'm so glad I saw this interview. I'm so awe of all the information I'm getting from this interview. She wanted to be an action star from the beginning and she ended up as one that is known across the world. It's inspiring to see you go where your mind takes you. I wondered why isn't there one, and she was wondering the similar thing and became one. And then made movies for us to believe anything is possible and say yes there can be a female super action hero.

Been a fan of miss Yeoh for the better part of 30 yrs. Very talented, classy & inspirational woman.

"Star Fleet doesn't fire first'' - one of my favorite moments of her on TV.

I've had a 25 year crush on her... magnificent actress and cool AF in every role.

LOVED Supercop when it came out! Adored her again across from Pierce Brosnan in the Bond film. Forget Halle Berry's Jinx, it was Michelle's character that I would prefer to see return.

Being a kid who grew up in the 80s, Michelle Yeoh was the first Asian woman crush. Not to mention, for some reason, I found Asian women in Kung Fu movies fascinating to watch in fight scenes as a kid. Still do.

I have always loved her movies, and have the utmost respect for her. She has always held a very good image that most movie stars should take notes on

Been a fan since Super Cop! Not once did she feel out of place in the action scenes & her acting was phenomenal! Truly an icon

Her new movie Everything Everywhere All at once is a masterpiece! Loved it!

Michelle has the nicest smile.❤️❤️

WOW!! I thought all this time Michelle Yeoh was a martial artist from young....usually you can tell when someone has "learnt the moves" but she pulled that off exceptionally well, because she trained!!!! AMAZING to achieve what she did in a short space of time.

I must have seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 13x in the theater! I would lose it almost every time at the end Li Mu Bai died; her raw emotion in that scene felt so real; and her character's self control and stoic dignity afterward. Wow! What a woman!

Back then, way back then before all the k-pop phenomenon, Hong Kong's production was the thing in South East Asia. During my teenage life in the 80's and 90's, I was exposed with a lot of Hong Kong's drama and movies. Michelle Yeoh was and still is one of my favourites. The movie Wing Chun was my personal favourite...she acted with Donnie Yen in that movie..

Michelle is amazing on all aspects. Smarts, talent, beauty. Love her

I just love this talented woman, she has been such a delight to watch over the years. She is amazing.

Amazing! Amazing! Easily one of my favorite actresses of all time! Action, drama, comedy, ect you name she does/has done it. So I apologize for being (sophomorically) distracted by her first "boss's" name. Dickson Poon?!! Really?! That's his real name?! ROFL. Seriously though this was great. I could watch a whole hour of her jus talking about films alone and not get tired. Thanks for posting.

Great interview...Greetings to Michelle from Puerto Rico... 🇵🇷

one of my favourite actresses, her diversity and commitment are amazing

This is an actual strong, powerful woman. Not the typical women these days who never acomplished anything and think that just because they are beautiful it means they are powerful, strong, etc If only more women looked at this lady instead of instagram models...

I really enjoy the way you embrace your character on screen.

I think she can be a good representation of feminism because she doesn't have to bash men to receive recognition, regardless of gender we are all human beings. And her fight scenes look believable as she is so nimble and explosive with her moves.

Such an accomplished person! Congrats to her, and thanks for the great movies especially Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. 👏👏👏👏

I really missed her on Star Trek Discovery this past season. I watched it to see her. As a child I did the same thing in watching the Green Hornet. I wanted to see Bruce Lee.

I always enjoy Ms. Yeoh's movies. In fact, I'm going to see one tomorrow.

I've loved Michelle ever since Twin Dragons with Jet Li. She's an incredible performer. Looking forward to seeing her most recent film.

I LOVE Michelle. She's such grace and strong feminine figure that believe still in feminine but tough female roles. She's brilliant.

4:07 - I NEVER KNEW SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS MICHELLE KHENG DURING HER EARLY YEARS AS AN ACTOR 🔥🔥🔥

Omg the movie where Michelle was a short haired cop! She was soooo cool! I remember renting VHS tapes of her early movies, she is just so captivating! 😍

I'm so proud of having a malaysian woman-boss representing us asians🥹💕

i really love her ideology the women being strong doesn't mean they have to be extra masculine looking, being strong while also looks feminine also important. If she's not one the best example of feminism then I don't know what else.