Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.
Lucy Liu

Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.
Lucy Liu

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.
Lucy Liu

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.
Lucy Liu

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.
Lucy Liu

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts.
Lucy Liu

I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me.
Lucy Liu

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.
Lucy Liu

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.
Lucy Liu

It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.
Lucy Liu


Japanimation is a whole different art form.
Lucy Liu

Men, when they fight in movies, it's a very different style. Harrison Ford was so cool when he had the whip, and Bruce Lee was such an artist that you couldn't take your eyes off of him.
Lucy Liu

Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.
Lucy Liu

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.
Lucy Liu

People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat.
Lucy Liu

Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy.
Lucy Liu

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 whole different way of appealing to what was sexy.
Lucy Liu

They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately.
Lucy Liu

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.
Lucy Liu

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.
Lucy Liu