Lucy Liu on roles in ‘Detachment,’ ‘Southland’

Bruce: As a native New Yorker, have you been following the Jeremy Lin story?
Lucy: The whole Linsanity thing is kind of wonderful. My brother went to a game, he has season tickets, and he said he’s never seen so many Asians at a Knicks game. I love that in some strange way this man has been able to bridge the Asian American male into society in a way that is physical and dominant and not diminuitive and passive. That’s a wonderful way to connect it. Obviously there’s an indordinate amount of pressure on him but at the same time he has another aspect to him spiritually as well. He’s Christian, right?

Bruce: Yes, his religion seems to be a big part of his life.
Lucy: Whatever anyone believes, to know that you’re not in the one in control is a wonderful place to be because no matter what happens you’re giving yourself up to another place. In China, we don’t really have religions, we have philosophies, and the philosophy of knowing that you are not the Creator and not the one that has control is a wonderful thing. There is something really wonderful about his work because he’s saying, “I’m just the vessel.” There’s something really great about that, seeing that he has faith, no matter what faith it is, if it’s helpful, it’s great. I don’t care what it is, even if it’s Scientology.

It’s wonderful that he’s Asian and that he went to Harvard. He’s representing so many different levels of what’s good and how you can combine them to make something that precise and that successful. Hopefully it’s not a phase but even if it is, it has already created a wave of change. I think it’s wonderful that people are fighting over where he’s from—is he Taiwanese or is he Chinese? Everybody wants a claim to something that’s popular, and I like that. I haven’t seen a game yet, but I’ll try to. I think it’s great. I love the story of somebody who’s been struggling but is now in a place of success. I can understand that. I’m kind of a sucker for that.

http://frettsonfilm.com/2012/03/17/the-fretts-on-film-interview-lucy-liu-on-linsanity-meditation-and-more/

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jaymie

March 19, 2012 at 12:03 am

Bruce: As a native New Yorker, have you been following the Jeremy Lin story?
Lucy: The whole Linsanity thing is kind of wonderful. My brother went to a game, he has season tickets, and he said he’s never seen so many Asians at a Knicks game. I love that in some strange way this man has been able to bridge the Asian American male into society in a way that is physical and dominant and not diminuitive and passive. That’s a wonderful way to connect it. Obviously there’s an indordinate amount of pressure on him but at the same time he has another aspect to him spiritually as well. He’s Christian, right?

Bruce: Yes, his religion seems to be a big part of his life.
Lucy: Whatever anyone believes, to know that you’re not in the one in control is a wonderful place to be because no matter what happens you’re giving yourself up to another place. In China, we don’t really have religions, we have philosophies, and the philosophy of knowing that you are not the Creator and not the one that has control is a wonderful thing. There is something really wonderful about his work because he’s saying, “I’m just the vessel.” There’s something really great about that, seeing that he has faith, no matter what faith it is, if it’s helpful, it’s great. I don’t care what it is, even if it’s Scientology.

It’s wonderful that he’s Asian and that he went to Harvard. He’s representing so many different levels of what’s good and how you can combine them to make something that precise and that successful. Hopefully it’s not a phase but even if it is, it has already created a wave of change. I think it’s wonderful that people are fighting over where he’s from—is he Taiwanese or is he Chinese? Everybody wants a claim to something that’s popular, and I like that. I haven’t seen a game yet, but I’ll try to. I think it’s great. I love the story of somebody who’s been struggling but is now in a place of success. I can understand that. I’m kind of a sucker for that.

http://frettsonfilm.com/2012/03/17/the-fretts-on-film-interview-lucy-liu-on-linsanity-meditation-and-more/