I think every day it's a struggle, and you think, 'Well, what about all the other things that you've done?' And it's not about that, right? It's about having other people understand that normalizing who you are, visually, will help to make the status quo and the foundation of life become a little bit more integrative. I don't want to say that the struggle is over because it's not. "I mean, I've been in the business for 30 years, and it feels like I just started yesterday. She talked about normalizing diversity and integration in the entertainment industry and what kind of impact that would have on people: Right? And so I think in a way, going into the entertainment business, you fall into this circus of people that are trying to find a way, and now I've been lucky enough to have worked and have had reached a level of success, where I can really feel like I belong, and we're all looking for that."īut, she said, the journey is not over. I mean, as a child for me, coming from an immigrant family, I did not feel like I belonged. I think it's about belonging, and we all want to belong, and that's why we're all here at Comic-Con. "It's always about, 'Is it interesting? Is it challenging?' And as those things build up, you start to build this structure and this foundation and other people can join, so it becomes a city, becomes a state or country, and it becomes something that we could all be a part of. She talked about her personal journey of finding a place of belonging: It's not even just these quotables, it's a real thing and being a part of that is really a dream come true."įor Liu, the progress of diversity and inclusion for Asian and Asian Americans is something that will take time and about making decisions on what an actor wants to do. So it really is a dream to be a part of something that, at that time, was unattainable and to grow into that space, and to have them grow into that space – for diversity, for women, and empowerment. "I think being a part of a superhero movie is a super dream, because I am a super fan of comics and of that time, which is my childhood. It is extremely exciting to see Liu jumping into this franchise, and she talked about what being a part of a superhero movie means to her: RELATED: 'Black Adam's Director on Cutting Scenes and Why Those Action Sequences Look so Good
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