The yearly Golden Horse Film Festival once invited Chu Yen-ping to be one of the announcers. Although he is good at throwing audiences into a fit of roaring laughter, he declined the invitation, because "the first time I would go up on that stage, I couldn't bear to fake a smile and give the award to somebody else. What if I burst into tears?"
一年一度的金馬獎邀請朱延平擔任頒獎人，一向擅長讓觀眾大笑的他婉拒了邀請，因為「第一次站在台上，就叫我裝笑臉把獎頒給別人，真是情何以堪，等一下我哭出來怎麼辦？」