Lucy Liu

And I think that this movie helped me to really see that that vacancy was really for compassion.

Lucy Liu, thank you so much for this conversation.

What a pleasure.

It's been, thank you for having me on the show.

Actor, director, and visual artist Lucy Liu.

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