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“After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to…” quote by Daniel Wu — Download Open image

“After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest in me as an artist to improve my acting.”

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I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

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For Cantonese - because there's no standardized pinyin system - I have to have someone read it to me, and then I rewrite the…

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I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

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Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.

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