“There are two paradigms that are completely at odds with each other. One being, as a progressive Asian American man, I’ve always wanted to shatter barriers and expectations of what Asian men are and be very aware of the boxes that we’re put into — martial artists, sidekicks, exotic, or Orientalist. And then the other paradigm is, like, kung fu is objectively super f—ing cool. There is a reason why kung fu caught fire and the world became obsessed with it, because it’s incredible to watch.” — SIMU LIU photographed by Peter Yang for Entertainment Weekly, August 2021
