I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it. — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me. — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
I think it seems like a natural progression to go into directing, and I hope to explore more of it, because it's very exciting… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
I wish people wouldn't just see me as the Asian girl who beats everyone up, or the Asian girl with no emotion. People see Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock in a romantic comedy, but not me. You add raceto it, and it became, 'Well, she's too Asian', or, ‘She's too American’. I kind of got pushed out of both categories.… — Lucy Liu Copy Share
It's great to do commercial movies; they are fun. You're doing stunts, you are running around, there is a lot of money involved in… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
I never get asked out for a date, but I can't blame them, they only know me from movies where I play a tough… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
The neck is kind of what's sexy in Japan, so you have to have the kimono a little bit back. It was just a… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
You don't want to continue to do one thing and only one thing. You want to keep challenging yourself and if you do well… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing. — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
I generally won't do a role unless I feel like it's in my system somewhere, even if it's just a molecule of it. Like… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
It was probably very difficult to go from Chinese and then suddenly go to kindergarten and start speaking English; it's very hard to transition… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
