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elementarycbsI admit - I picked up the latest issue of the Watch! magazine solely because Lucy Liu looked pretty stunning on the cover. Well, that and the low price ($3.99!) And inside, I found a pretty entertaining interview - and some cool pictures.
You can read the entire interview here, but I think it wouldn't hurt to share a few choice parts under the cut.
On acting for 20 years:
I don't even believe it. I was given an award for my body of work, and then it dawned on me that I've been in this business for so long. Still, I feel like I'm just getting started and there's still so much to learn.
On being a pioneering Asian-American actors, and progress Asian-American actors made on TV since she started:
It is significant, and I think we still have a long way to go. [...] People say I'm a pioneer, but I don't recognize it because I'm still living it. Maybe on my last breath if they name a street after me in the city, I'll say "Wow, I made a difference." Right now, it doesn't feel like it.
On Elementary ship-teasing Sherlock and Joan:
We never do it on purpose, ever
On Sherlock/Joan romance in general:
To me, always, Sherlock and Watson don't get together. It's like Mulder and Scully. [...] I don't get that vibe. But there is tension and there is love between them developing, and that's maybe a little deeper than friendship. There's always a possibility of something in any friendship.
On backlash to the initial announcement that Watson would be a woman:
People don't like to bring up race. If they could have, I'm sure they would have, but it's not PC. It's easier to pick on gender.
On her approach to playing an incarnation of Watson:
If you read the literature itself, Watson is so unlike what he became, which was a comedic one who got his foot caught in the bucket. When I signed on, I knew for sure I didn't want to be a sidekick. I love being funny - maybe unintentionally funny, or sharp, or dry. It has to be subtle, or otherwise it suddenly becomes a Benny Hill sketch comedy show.
On her secret to looking young:
Oddly, people say I look so young, and I really think meditation has a lot to do with it. I don't know why, but people who do meditate look ageless.
You can read the entire interview here, but I think it wouldn't hurt to share a few choice parts under the cut.
On acting for 20 years:I don't even believe it. I was given an award for my body of work, and then it dawned on me that I've been in this business for so long. Still, I feel like I'm just getting started and there's still so much to learn.
On being a pioneering Asian-American actors, and progress Asian-American actors made on TV since she started:
It is significant, and I think we still have a long way to go. [...] People say I'm a pioneer, but I don't recognize it because I'm still living it. Maybe on my last breath if they name a street after me in the city, I'll say "Wow, I made a difference." Right now, it doesn't feel like it.
On Elementary ship-teasing Sherlock and Joan:
We never do it on purpose, ever
On Sherlock/Joan romance in general:
To me, always, Sherlock and Watson don't get together. It's like Mulder and Scully. [...] I don't get that vibe. But there is tension and there is love between them developing, and that's maybe a little deeper than friendship. There's always a possibility of something in any friendship.
On backlash to the initial announcement that Watson would be a woman:
People don't like to bring up race. If they could have, I'm sure they would have, but it's not PC. It's easier to pick on gender.
On her approach to playing an incarnation of Watson:
If you read the literature itself, Watson is so unlike what he became, which was a comedic one who got his foot caught in the bucket. When I signed on, I knew for sure I didn't want to be a sidekick. I love being funny - maybe unintentionally funny, or sharp, or dry. It has to be subtle, or otherwise it suddenly becomes a Benny Hill sketch comedy show.
On her secret to looking young:
Oddly, people say I look so young, and I really think meditation has a lot to do with it. I don't know why, but people who do meditate look ageless.
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