"The challenge from the beginning was just the diversity and ‘We don’t really know what to do with you’ and ‘There’s not going to be a lot of work for you."
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On being an Asian American actress in “How Lucy Liu Battled Against a Lack of Diversity to Become a Hollywood Star” in Variety (2019 May 1)
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