Shanghai Kiss (2007)

Ken Leung: Liam Liu

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Quotes 

• Joe Silverman : Listen to yourself, man! You're moving to Shanghai for a girl! A *Chinese* girl for Godsakes!

  Liam Liu : This is not just about the girl.

  Joe Silverman : Then what is it?

  Liam Liu : It just -- it *feels* right! I'm Chinese. I gotta go back to my roots.

  Joe Silverman : [scoffs]  All right, slow down, Kunta Kinte. You don't even speak Chinese. What the hell are you gonna do? What, drive a rickshaw?

  Liam Liu : I can learn Chinese.

  Joe Silverman : Learn Chinese?! Liam, you barely speak English!

  Liam Liu : Don't call me Liam. Liam's my slave name.

  Joe Silverman : Cute.

• Liam Liu : Every time I go out on something, Joe, it's always for some Kung Fu Deli Store Computer Chinese...

  Joe Silverman : You're a Chinese guy, you're gonna go for roles for little Chinese guys.

  Liam Liu : That is bullshit, I was born in New York, how about a role for somebody in New York?

  Joe Silverman : Nobody asked you to quit college and try your hands in the lucrative world of motion picture and television.

  Liam Liu : What am I gonna do with a degree, I'm gonna spend 8 hours a day, trapped in a little cubicle, making one of those desktop zen guards.

• Casting Director : So... you know Kung Fu?

  Liam Liu : [Caught off guard]  Er...

  Casting Director : What Color belt are you?

  Liam Liu : Er... I... I... I don't have a belt. Oh... you know what I love? I love suspenders.

  Casting Director : You don't know martial arts?

  Liam Liu : No...

  Casting Director : It says on your resume that you know martial arts.

  Liam Liu : Is... is there martial arts in this commercial? I thought it was for toothpaste?