What I've always really appreciated about MCU superheroes versus elsewhere is that they are trying to disrupt the idea of what a… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
It's every immigrant child's dream to tell your parents they don't have to work anymore. — Simu Liu Children Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to show up. You've just got to get your butt out there. — 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 Image
I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I grew up loving Jackie Chan and Jet Li and certainly Bruce Lee. But as I got older, I started to question:… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
My parents were electrical engineers, immigrants from China, and we were always just in a state of struggle, building our life. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to say is, I'm really happy I'm not a doctor. So, take that mom and dad. — Simu Liu Dad Copy Share Image
If I were to fight one Marvel superhero, I think I would fight Captain America. We would start all aggressive and then… — Simu Liu America Copy Share Image
Kim's' gave me my first opportunity to portray an Asian character with significant story arcs and subtleties that most Western Asian actors… — Simu Liu Character Copy Share Image
We've seen a million versions of the Peter Parker radioactive-spider origin story. We've seen Thomas and Martha Wayne at the opera... over… — Simu Liu Comic 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 Asian 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
I'd just woken up from a nap, it was around 6:30 in the evening. I was eating some shrimp crackers at my… — Simu Liu Evening Copy Share Image
When I was 16 years old, I thought that backflips were like the coolest thing. So I spent like months and months… — Simu Liu Flipping 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 Asian Copy Share Image
I was 22 years old, actually, incidentally had just been laid off from my job and I had a dog. My parents… — Simu Liu Dog Copy Share Image
Not every director can always rise to the challenge of all of a sudden having $200 million thrown at them. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
You know, 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' was a great movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. — Simu Liu Film Copy Share Image
I would never in a million years have expected my life to have unfolded the way it did. — Simu Liu Life Copy Share Image
In my entire life, I'd wondered why there were no superheroes out there that looked like me. — Simu Liu Comic 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 Actors Copy Share Image
There is a reason why kung fu caught fire and the world became obsessed with it, because it's incredible to watch. — Simu Liu Fire Copy Share Image
I spent the better part of my young life searching for people's approval and validation, and not getting any of it. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Obviously, learning the martial arts is a big part of my training, but the other part of being a Marvel superhero is,… — Simu Liu Art 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 Asian Copy Share Image
It was an extreme pleasure to be a part of the MCU, and if and when the call comes for me to… — Simu Liu Comic Copy Share Image
My parents are two academics that came to Canada to pursue academic opportunities. — Simu Liu Canada Copy Share Image
It's important that we meet any sort of hate and negativity with joy and celebration. — Simu Liu Birthday Copy Share Image
I studied finance and accounting in college, and I worked at a massive accounting firm out of graduation. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
Things like 'following your passion' and 'finding your creative outlets' didn't mean anything to me because I didn't have that area of… — 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
There was a cute girl on the crew that I was trying to impress during a very elaborate stunt. I winked at… — Simu Liu Balance Copy Share Image
Kids growing up today will have what I never did growing up, which is somebody across that screen reflecting who they are,… — Simu Liu Adolescence Copy Share Image
So when we were building that superhero workout, that Marvel body, it was really important for us not to sacrifice range of… — Simu Liu Body Copy Share Image
I auditioned for 'Crazy Rich Asians' four times and it was very, very hard for me to not get it, because it… — 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
All of the cultural nuances and the traumas and the complexities that come with being a third-culture kid, these are all nuances… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
What needs to change, really, is that we need better representation behind the camera. We need better representation among the people who… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I remember doing 5th grade math when I was like seven years old. My parents just constantly pushed me, in a good… — Simu Liu Excellence Copy Share Image
