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Chapman To

Comedian Chapman To is in every Cantonese movie as the obnoxious funny guy, and he recently turned his hand to producing. He talks to Johannes Pong.

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"I went to work drunk everyday, then lovesick."

I was the class clown. The teachers’ comment in my handbook was always “talkative.” Not “best sense of humor,” but talkative.

My dad left when I was very young. He was a gambling addict.

I also became a professional gambler when I was 17. I lost a shitload of money, and to escape the loansharks, I went to Taiwan.

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I was 22 when I came back and I got into construction.

I was doing the house of some TV station producer, he thought I was talkative too and he asked me to audition.

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I went to work drunk everyday, then lovesick.

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