Video: Jackie Chan tells audience words of Palestinian child left him in tears Actor Jackie Chan tells an audience at the premiere of his upcoming film in Beijing that the words of a Palestinian child from Gaza left him in tears. “They asked him, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ He said: ‘Children don’t grow up here.’ I burst into tears immediately,” said the 71-year-old actor. “As soon as that child started speaking, I began to cry.” Actor Jackie Chan tells an audience at the premiere of his upcoming film in Beijing that the words of a Palestinian child from Gaza left him in tears pic.twitter.com/HF3EVUQGA5 — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) January 1, 2026