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
In my entire life, I'd wondered why there were no superheroes out there that looked like me. — 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
When I was 16 years old, I thought that backflips were like the coolest thing. So I spent like months and months… — 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
