A biography for Simu Liuhasn’t been written yet.
“Of course, we know Shang-Chi is the, in the comics or in the world of Marvel, he is the master of Kung Fu. He is the greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the universe, and so we had to really bring it and I feel like we did it a really big way.”
“We've seen a million versions of the Peter Parker radioactive-spider origin story. We've seen Thomas and Martha Wayne at the opera... over and over again in movies and media, and I think we're ready for something new.”
“Being a Marvel superhero has always been a dream of mine. And so I think every choice that I made in my career, every step that I took, brought me to that point.”
“Who you seen on screen shapes who you are.”
“I definitely dabbled and had done a number of stunt jobs in which I was doing fighting.”
“I would never in a million years have expected my life to have unfolded the way it did.”
“I've had dogs in my life pretty much from the moment I've been on my own.”
“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 be.”
“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 every possible way.”
“And so it became a priority for me to make sure that all Asian Canadians or Asian Americans or wherever you are, Asian Australians, felt like they belonged.”
“I have always prided myself on being able to speak my mind.”
“I believe in the cultural significance of the Marvel Universe and 'Kim's Convenience.' They are two weapons in the same fight and they mean everything to me and the possibilities of what they can represent.”
“There was a cute girl on the crew that I was trying to impress during a very elaborate stunt. I winked at her and, when I started running, proceeded to lose my balance, fall, banged my knee, and ended up sprawled out 12 feet in the air.”
“I'm outing myself as a huge comic book nerd.”
“My parents are two academics that came to Canada to pursue academic opportunities.”
“My dad is amazing. He has, like, ancient Chinese skills.”
“In my entire life, I'd wondered why there were no superheroes out there that looked like me.”
“The first time I tried on Shang-Chi's superhero suit - Marvel has never had an Asian lead, so that was such a rare and impactful moment, for me as an actor but also for people who look like me. I nearly cried. It was so emotional.”
“I might be tweeting a lot of things in the future, some of which will be absolute idiocy.”
“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.”