I was 22 years old, actually, incidentally had just been laid off from my job and I had a dog. My parents just didn't understand any of it. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I got into this business when I was 22 years old, and I didn't have a woke bone in my body. And all I wanted to do was be on screen and for people to pay attention to me, but… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I might be tweeting a lot of things in the future, some of which will be absolute idiocy. — Simu Liu 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 both realise… — 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 bunch of… — 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 my brain. — 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 with that. — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting. — Simu Liu 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 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 was, like,… — Simu Liu 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 set, and… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
