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Simu Liu

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
462 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And the stock photo company can basically take those images and just sell them over and over and over and over again. So, you know, I probably made that company like hundreds of thousands of dollars and have not seen a single penny. Because, again, when you're a stock photo model, I think it's actually pretty exploitative. But, you know, you get paid your hundred bucks and then that's it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And the stock photo company can basically take those images and just sell them over and over and over and over again. So, you know, I probably made that company like hundreds of thousands of dollars and have not seen a single penny. Because, again, when you're a stock photo model, I think it's actually pretty exploitative. But, you know, you get paid your hundred bucks and then that's it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You sign a waiver and then... You know that you relinquish any and all rights to to those to those images. So let that be a warning to anybody who's considering pursuing a career in stock imagery. Be warned. Watch out. You will end up in random places and your friends will make fun of you endlessly for it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You sign a waiver and then... You know that you relinquish any and all rights to to those to those images. So let that be a warning to anybody who's considering pursuing a career in stock imagery. Be warned. Watch out. You will end up in random places and your friends will make fun of you endlessly for it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You sign a waiver and then... You know that you relinquish any and all rights to to those to those images. So let that be a warning to anybody who's considering pursuing a career in stock imagery. Be warned. Watch out. You will end up in random places and your friends will make fun of you endlessly for it.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

That's not what happened.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

That's not what happened.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

That's not what happened.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Sure.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Sure.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Sure.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I did. Yeah. Yeah. I was very chronically online as a young adult. Yeah. And, you know, I would have these moments at 3 a.m. where I'd get intensely frustrated about my career. And, you know, I... was starting to have all these kind of rudimentary thoughts about representation. But of course, yeah, I was watching Marvel movies. I loved Marvel movies.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I did. Yeah. Yeah. I was very chronically online as a young adult. Yeah. And, you know, I would have these moments at 3 a.m. where I'd get intensely frustrated about my career. And, you know, I... was starting to have all these kind of rudimentary thoughts about representation. But of course, yeah, I was watching Marvel movies. I loved Marvel movies.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I did. Yeah. Yeah. I was very chronically online as a young adult. Yeah. And, you know, I would have these moments at 3 a.m. where I'd get intensely frustrated about my career. And, you know, I... was starting to have all these kind of rudimentary thoughts about representation. But of course, yeah, I was watching Marvel movies. I loved Marvel movies.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And I was just like, when are we going to have ours? When are we going to have an Asian version of Thor or Captain America? When are we going to have our... superhero, Avenger guy that we could look up to, you know, or girl. By the way, I have to say, you did a fantastic job setting up the story of Shang-Chi.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And I was just like, when are we going to have ours? When are we going to have an Asian version of Thor or Captain America? When are we going to have our... superhero, Avenger guy that we could look up to, you know, or girl. By the way, I have to say, you did a fantastic job setting up the story of Shang-Chi.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And I was just like, when are we going to have ours? When are we going to have an Asian version of Thor or Captain America? When are we going to have our... superhero, Avenger guy that we could look up to, you know, or girl. By the way, I have to say, you did a fantastic job setting up the story of Shang-Chi.

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Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I really... I was blown away by how succinctly you captured the story of the Wenwu and the Shang-Chi of it all. And then the clip that you played, I really... It's so funny, listening to it without the picture... It just reminded me just how talented of an improviser Nora Aquafina is. A really, really good friend of mine today still. And just brought back a lot of amazing memories.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I really... I was blown away by how succinctly you captured the story of the Wenwu and the Shang-Chi of it all. And then the clip that you played, I really... It's so funny, listening to it without the picture... It just reminded me just how talented of an improviser Nora Aquafina is. A really, really good friend of mine today still. And just brought back a lot of amazing memories.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

I really... I was blown away by how succinctly you captured the story of the Wenwu and the Shang-Chi of it all. And then the clip that you played, I really... It's so funny, listening to it without the picture... It just reminded me just how talented of an improviser Nora Aquafina is. A really, really good friend of mine today still. And just brought back a lot of amazing memories.