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
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
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
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
The first time I tried on Shang-Chi's superhero suit - Marvel has never had an Asian lead, so that was such a… — Simu Liu Actor Copy Share Image
Representation matters. And it's about more than just actors on a screen. It's about snacks, it's about food, it's about culture, in… — Simu Liu Culture 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
It does feel like we get to just carte blanche create a superhero origin story for 2021, for this day and age,… — Simu Liu Age 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
I got into this business when I was 22 years old, and I didn't have a woke bone in my body. And… — Simu Liu Attention 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
We have a lot of heroes. We have Asian heroes, we have Asian American heroes, men, women, of all ages, and not… — Simu Liu American Copy Share Image
You're talking to a guy that graduated from business school by the skin of his teeth, only to crash and burn at… — Simu Liu Asian Copy Share Image
I went through an evolutionary process of learning to have a voice and how to use it, knowing when to step in.… — Simu Liu Hold your tongue Copy Share Image
We saw David Carradine, who is not of Asian descent, playing an Asian man on the show 'Kung Fu' that originally should… — Simu Liu Beginning Copy Share Image
A superhero represents infinite possibility. It represents the peak of aspiration and courage. And if you see yourself reflected as a superhero,… — Simu Liu Anything Copy Share Image
I've had dogs in my life pretty much from the moment I've been on my own. — Simu Liu Animal 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… — Simu Liu Asian 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 Butt 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 Jackie 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 Building 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
Yeah, I went to business school and I actually worked as an accountant for about eight months. It's not what I wanted,… — Simu Liu Accountant Copy Share Image
If it's true that I wouldn't have had a career if it weren't for these conversations about diversity, the importance of representation,… — Simu Liu Battle Copy Share Image
There is something missing in Asian America. They're missing people to tell them, 'It's okay to be who you are - you… — Simu Liu America 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 Always 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
