Lucy Liu

“I also have to say that Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, what does he not do that’s incredible and intimate, beautifully written, acted. I mean, everything about it was stunning, and I was completely blown away. So this movie reminds me of just being absolutely stunned. And this is cinema.”

“So, Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront. When I first started acting, I watched this movie and I really understood what authenticity was from this movie. It reminds me of when I first started acting, over 30 years ago. So I’m putting this in the bag.”

“All right, shut up, you guys. The Grifters is… I can’t even speak. It was so fantastic. Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, John Cusack. Seeing them from the side, seeing them from the front, seeing them from the back, it was… for me, as an artist, it just punched a bunch of holes in my body. And also to make characters like that so delicious and delightful and watchable. So thank you, Grifters.”

“Okay, so for my last pick, guys, I’m going to just leave it up to the universe. So I’m going to kind of spin around, I’m just going to, like, touch, and then I’m going to just grab and, with no eyes, I’m going to pick something on this ladder. And it’s going to be here. And I don’t know what it is, but let’s find out. Wow, In the Mood for Love. Okay, how sexy is this movie? It’s beautifully shot, beautifully acted. The direction. This is a movie that people always use as a reference for any deck that they’ll send you in a movie, any mood board, even for a… like, a cover shoot. So he created something that has become what people use as their template. So thank you, spirit, for having me grab this.”

“So the first thing that I saw earlier and I can’t miss is Jackie Chan, because I grew up watching Jackie Chan, and then I got to do a movie with him, which threw me into a tizzy. And I asked him to teach me a bunch of stunts, but he would not let me. He said that he shouldn’t teach me stunts because he broke every bone in his body. So then I sneakily asked his team to teach me some stuff. They did a little bit, but I think they all have some kind of rule that they don’t want people to break their bones, I don’t know. I’m okay with it now that decades have passed and I’m like, “Okay, I don’t need to break a bone.” So I’m going to put this in. Jackie is… is iconic, and he’s still going. Okay. Moving on.”

“You know what? I’m sorry, but I’m going to go for Bruce Lee because Bruce Lee is somebody that had started Hollywood, in a way, for Asian Americans, and he is somebody that became so iconic because of his talent, and he was able to commercialize it. And he had such a sad demise, so quickly, and I’m so glad that his family is carrying on his tradition and his skills and talent. Yes to Bruce Lee.”