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… — Simu Liu Actor Copy Share Image
I might be tweeting a lot of things in the future, some of which will be absolute idiocy. — Simu Liu Absolute Copy Share Image
I realized, if I don't step into the spotlight, and the person next to me doesn't step in, and the people around… — Simu Liu Next Copy Share Image
I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting. — Simu Liu Doing Copy Share Image
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 Always Copy Share Image
I've always just been such a big fan of the MCU and anything Marvel, really. — Simu Liu Always Copy Share Image
Asian men specifically have not been portrayed as the leading man or sex symbol. — Simu Liu Asian Copy Share Image
I think so often we have these ambitions or these hopes within us that we kill before we ever let it escape… — Simu Liu Escape Copy Share Image
The main character is always, you know, this blond-haired, blue-eyed guy who's the high school quarterback or the star of the basketball… — Simu Liu Basketball team Copy Share Image
I've seen cashiers, servers, transit operators, bank tellers and customs officers speak much too quickly on purpose as if it pained them… — Simu Liu Bank 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
And so it became a priority for me to make sure that all Asian Canadians or Asian Americans or wherever you are,… — Simu Liu Asian 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
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
I think it is so important to have voices in the decision-making process that are sensitive to the groups that your show… — Simu Liu Case 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 Actor 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 Actually 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
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
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 Any 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
In my entire life, I'd wondered why there were no superheroes out there that looked like me. — 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
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 American 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 Anything 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 Become 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 Better Copy Share Image
I would do background and extra stuff, I would do student films, I just found every opportunity I could to be on… — Simu Liu Agent Copy Share Image
All around me, I saw people who were taught by their parents, as I was, to just toe the line, not ruffle… — Simu Liu Boat Copy Share Image
To fully understand the roots of anti-Asian prejudice in America, you need to know about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that… — Simu Liu America Copy Share Image
You know, the squeaky wheel gets the oil, and my parents had spent a lifetime not making any noise, and I was… — Simu Liu Noise Copy Share Image
