Lucy Liu

Oh, just a few years ago.

And in some ways it's kind of sad, you know, that I forgot this little girl that didn't have a voice.

And I also felt like, wow, not just, you know, look how far I've come, but wow, this poor child, you know, she must have felt so completely confused in these classrooms to not be able to even, you

Everything was like she doesn't talk.

She doesn't participate.

She's too shy.

You know, she needs to really, you know, step up.

I just I don't know who that was.

And remembering that is sort of a shocking thing to feel like, wow, I really left her behind.

When did you start to feel like that you weren't anymore?

When I left for college, that's when I really started to find my own voice again.

And literally my own footing because I was out of the house and I was in my own room.

And I think that it was the first time I really didn't have to, you know, compare myself to where my family was and where I was.

You know, because you didn't want to be too far away from them.

But I think being in college, being as far as I was out of the house was really helpful and it helped me find my individuality.

And I think more of my interiority as well.

Lucy Liu, thank you so much for this conversation.

What a pleasure.

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

This is Fresh Air.