Asian men specifically have not been portrayed as the leading man or sex symbol. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Every community should have a superhero. And the truth is, for many of us in the Asian community, we didn't grow up… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I feel like it's a bit of a misconception that all actors have to be expert martial artists if they're Asian. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
The truth is that Asian people have been targeted and discriminated against for far, far longer than COVID has been around. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Just because there's one Asian American superhero in the MCU, it does not by any means imply that our fight is finished… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
And so it became a priority for me to make sure that all Asian Canadians or Asian Americans or wherever you are,… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
There is something missing in Asian America. They're missing people to tell them, 'It's okay to be who you are - you… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
The first set I ended up on was Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' that was shooting in Toronto and they needed a… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
We didn't grow up in any sort of meaningful representation in media apart from, you know, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Bruce Lee.… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to celebrate being Asian in normal times. But now, when the whole world is kind of coming down, with… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Anti-Asian racism is very real, and it will not be solved with an opulent rom-com or Marvel superhero, but with you -… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
You're talking to a guy that graduated from business school by the skin of his teeth, only to crash and burn at… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Shrimp crackers are actually exactly what I was eating when I got the call that I was going to play Shang-Chi. — Simu Liu Copy Share
What I've always really appreciated about MCU superheroes versus elsewhere is that they are trying to disrupt the idea of what a superhero can… — Simu Liu Copy Share
Was I a Jackie Chan-level martial arts master? Absolutely not! Not by any stretch of the imagination. I'm an actor. I'm a performer. — Simu Liu Copy Share
All around me, I saw people who were taught by their parents, as I was, to just toe the line, not ruffle the feathers,… — Simu Liu Copy Share
I might be tweeting a lot of things in the future, some of which will be absolute idiocy. — Simu Liu Copy Share
If I were to fight one Marvel superhero, I think I would fight Captain America. We would start all aggressive and then both realise… — Simu Liu Copy Share
The first set I ended up on was Guillermo del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' that was shooting in Toronto and they needed a bunch of… — Simu Liu Copy Share
Things like 'following your passion' and 'finding your creative outlets' didn't mean anything to me because I didn't have that area of my brain. — Simu Liu Copy Share
Every community should have a superhero. And the truth is, for many of us in the Asian community, we didn't grow up with that. — Simu Liu Copy Share
I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting. — Simu Liu Copy Share
There is a reason why kung fu caught fire and the world became obsessed with it, because it's incredible to watch. — Simu Liu Copy Share
As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It was, like,… — Simu Liu Copy Share
I would do background and extra stuff, I would do student films, I just found every opportunity I could to be on set, and… — Simu Liu Copy Share
