Bruce Lee, the Legend Page #3

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probably hastened his departure.

Bruce Lee took the next steamer

to the city of his birth.

On the way, he made extra money

giving dance lessons.

From San Francisco,

he moved quickly to Seattle.

A Chinese restaurant

called Ruby Chow's...

provided him with accommodation

in return for work.

He served in the restaurant

and lived in the attic.

Once established,

a dramatic change occurred.

He enrolled in high school,

and the school dropout...

became a diligent student.

He still practiced Gung Fu passionately,

but no longer on other people.

Graduating from high school,

he went to university

to study philosophy.

His art teacher still treasures

two of the drawings...

he did at the time.

Bruce was a good student.

His work with me

was always very ambitious.

I've no doubt he was the same

in all his classes.

For the ambitious Bruce Lee,

it wasn't enough

to be a good martial artist.

He had to be the best.

He taught Gung Fu

to a group of fellow students,

one of whom was a 1 9-year-old girl

called Linda Emery.

They were married and moved

into this small, but comfortable house.

The former bully

and man about town...

became the ideal husband and father

to Brandon, and later Shannon.

A Gung Fu demonstration

at Long Beach in 1 964...

turned out to be one of the most

important events in Bruce Lee's life.

It was seen by an acquaintance

of a television producer...

who was looking for someone to

play Charlie Chan's number-one son

in a proposed series.

A screen test of Bruce

was arranged.

Tell us your name,

age and where you were born.

My last name is Lee.

Bruce Lee.

I was born in San Francisco in 1 940.

I'm 2 4 right now.

And you worked in motion pictures

in Hong Kong?

Yes, since I was around 6.

When did you

leave Hong Kong?

1 959, when I was 1 8.

I see. Now look over to me,

Bruce, as we talk.

- You just had a baby boy.

- Yeah.

- You've lost some sleep

over it, have you?

- Three nights.

What time do they shoot pictures

in Hong Kong?

It's mostly

in the morning...

because it's kind of noisy

in Hong Kong.

Around three million people

there and so...

every time when

they have a picture,

it's mostly around 1 2 a.m.

to 5 a.m. in the morning.

Look directly into the camera.

Directly at it.

Now give me a 3/ 4 this way.

And hold it.

Give me a profile that way,

all the way.

Hold it.

Now come back to a profile

on the other side.

Hold that.

Give me a 3/ 4 on that side.

And then give me

right into the camera again.

Now the camera

will pull back.

First show me the movements...

in a classical Chinese theater.

- Classical Chinese theater?

- What we talked about in the office.

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