elementarystan: “Sometimes people talk about my mainstream successes as groundbreaking for an

elementarystan:

“Sometimes people talk about my mainstream successes as groundbreaking for an Asian, but Asians have been making movies for a long time.  They just weren’t making them here because we weren’t yet invited to the table. 

I was lucky that trailblazers, like Anna May Wong and Bruce Lee, came before me.  If my body of work somehow helped bridge the gap between stereotypical roles, first given to Anna May, and mainstream success today, I am thrilled to have been part of that process.”

—  Lucy Liu receives her ⭐ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (May 1)