Transcript for Simu Liu discusses new memoir, 'We Were Dreamers'
ALL RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT NOW.
SIT DOWN.
HE IS NOT GOING HOME WITH
ANYBODY HERE.
OKAY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
SARA HAS THE FIRST QUESTION.
>> I MEAN -- OKAY.
>> HE'S, LIKE, WELL, MAYBE.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> IT'S REALLY LIKE THE WHERE IS
WALDO OF BAHA MAR.
WE KEEP SEEING YOU ALL OVER
EVERYWHERE THIS WEEK.
ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME?
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE
BAHAMAS.
>> OH, WOW.
>> IT IS MY FIRST TIME, AND I
WOULD SAY --
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-- ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT 95% OF IT HAS
BEEN, LIKE, THE BEST VACATION
I'VE EVER BEEN ON, AND THEN TO
ADDRESS THE OTHER 5%, I DID HAVE
A PIG ENCOUNTER JUST THE OTHER
DAY.
>> OH, LOOK AT THIS.
>> WHEN THEY SAY FEED THE PIGS,
YOU DON'T FEED THEM YOUR HAND.
>> AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO DO THE
PIG?
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO SWIM WITH THE
PIGS, RIGHT?
WHICH IS A THING.
IT'S, LIKE, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE
THERE'S PIGS.
BUT HONEY, LET ME TELL YOU.
I DON'T BLAME THE PIGS FOR
BITING YOU.
>> OKAY.
SINCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO IT, I
FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GIVE YOU
ADVICE AND FOR ANYONE WHO IS
THINKING OF SWIMMING WITH THE
PIGS.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
YOU GET EVERYTHING.
YOU GET TO SWIM WITH THEM.
YOU GET TO PET THEM.
THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY FRIENDLY
UNTIL THEY PUT A CARROT IN YOUR
HAND.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THEN THEY TURN INTO
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CREATURES.
SO I WOULD --
>> THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH
US.
>> THERE YOU GO.
FAIR ENOUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO YOU WENT ON A VERY DIFFERENT
KIND OF TRIP RECENTLY.
I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE.
>> OH.
>> THE POLAR PLUNGE?
>> OH MY.
>> SIMU, WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING
ON HERE, AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE
YOU DON'T HAVE CLOTHES ON WHICH
SEEMS TO BE A THEME.
>> IT'S A THEME.
IT'S A RECURRING THEME IN MY
LIFE.
I JUST NEVER QUITE HAVE ENOUGH
CLOTHES.
SOME TALK SHOWS INVITE YOU OUT
TO THE BAHAMAS AND THIS
BEAUTIFUL RESORT IN FRONT OF ALL
OF YOU INCREDIBLE, BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE, AND --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
-- AND SOME INVITE YOU TO THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE WINTER, AND THAT IS WHAT
THEY DID, AND OF COURSE, I'M
NEVER ONE TO SHY AWAY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY NO, BUT I
SHOWED UP AND HE ASKED ME TO
STRIP DOWN TO YOUR BOXERS.
I WAS, LIKE, SIR, PLEASE TAKE ME
OUT TO DINNER FIRST, BUT NO.
HE CUT A NICE HOLE IN THE ICE
FOR US TO GO INTO.
HE WAS, LIKE, THIS IS A JACUZZI,
BUT, LIKE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> WHEN THEY INVITED US TO BAMF,
I DON'T THINK THAT CAME UP.
>> I WAS GOING TO WEAR A SHIRT
LIKE THAT, BUT I WAS AFRAID MY
BOOBS WOULD HIT THE TABLE.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, WAS THIS
BEFORE OR AFTER YOU WAXED OFF
ALL OF YOUR BODY HAIR FOR THE
NEW "BARBIE" MOVIE?
BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED.
>> OH.
>> AND DID YOU SCREAM, AH!
KELLY CLARKSON.
ARE YOU A "40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN"
FAN?
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
ASK ME IF I WAS A 40-YEAR-OLD
VIRGIN.
>> ME TOO.
>> I DID NOT YELL THAT.
THAT'S A VERY PG-13 THING TO
YELL.
>> YOU YELLED SOMETHING ELSE?
>> I YELLED MORE EXPLETIVE
THINGS, AND IT WAS BEFORE.
I DID HAVE MY BODY HAIR WITH ME
AT THAT TIME.
>> TO WARM YOU UP IN THE PLUNGE.
>> IT DID NOT DO A WHOLE LOT.
>> ALL 17 OF THEM?
>> ALL 17 OF THEM, AND I GOT TO
SAY IT DIDN'T DO THE WORK.
>> HE PLUCKED THEM.
WE TALKED ABOUT WE BOTH GOT
FIRED FROM JOBS WE DIDN'T LIKE.
YOU WERE AN ACCOUNTANT.
I DON'T SEE YOU AS AN
ACCOUNTANT.
DO YOU SEE ME AS A RECEPTIONIST?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE WERE FIRED AND MOVED ONTO
SOMETHING WE PREFERRED, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
>> NOW BEYONCE HAS THIS SUMMER
ANTHEM ABOUT IT CALLED "BREAK MY
SOUL" THAT'S INSPIRING THIS
GREAT RESIGNATION AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
>> WE WERE AHEAD OF HER.
>> YEAH.
NOT TO SAY -- WE WERE BEYONCE
BEFORE IT WAS YOPBEYONCE.
NO, NO, NO.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SUCH A
TOUGH COUPLE OF YEARS AS A
GLOBAL COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I THINK REALLY STUCK
OUT IS HOW DIFFERENTLY PEOPLE
LOVED IF THEY HAVE PRIVILEGE AND
IF THEY DON'T HAVE PRIVILEGE,
AND IT TAKES MAYBE I THINK A
GLOBAL CRISIS LIKE COVID TO
REALLY BRING THAT OUT TO THE
FORE.
>> YEP.
>> BUT I MEAN TRULY, LIKE, YOU
GOT TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE
IN PEOPLE'S LIFESTYLES AND
STANDARD OF LIVING WERE, AND SO
I THINK IT'S, LIKE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE SAME
QUESTIONS.
HOW CAN SOME PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH
AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SO LITTLE?
SO I TOTALLY APPLAUD BEYONCE.
I APPLAUD THE MOVEMENT AND I
THINK, YEAH.
QUIT YOUR -- NOT EVERYBODY QUIT
YOUR JOBS, BUT, LIKE, YEAH.
>> NOW?
>> DEMAND MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE, YOU
KNOW, 17 HOUSES AND OWN, YOU
KNOW, ISLANDS AND THINGS.
>> THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT
ME, SIMU.
>> SOME PEOPLE.
>> I TRY.
>> WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE
TIME.
PAY PEOPLE THEIR WORTH AND THEIR
VALUE.
>> MM-HMM.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
FANTASTIC NEW MEMOIR.
"WE WERE DREAMERS."
IT IS SO GOOD, AND IT'S A "NEW
YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLER ALREADY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU.
>> WHAT STRUCK ME IS IT HAS THE
WORD WE IN IT, AND MOST MEMOIRS
TALK ABOUT ME OR I.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHY IS THAT IN THERE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW,
I MADE ONE MOVIE, ALL RIGHT?
AND I'M ALREADY COMING OUT WITH
A MEMOIR.
SO I MEAN, WE HAD TO MAKE IT NOT
ALL ME-FOCUSED.
TRULY THE STORY THAT I WANTED TO
TELL AND I'VE WANTED TO TELL THE
STORY WAY BEFORE I WAS EVER, YOU
KNOW, A MARVEL HERO OR WHATEVER
HAVE YOU, BUT IT'S -- I WANTED
TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR WHOLE
FAMILY.
OUR WHOLE FAMILY OF DREAMERS AND
IT'S A MULTIGENERATIONAL TALE
OF, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING YOUR
PASSIONS, OF SETTING A GOAL ON
THE HORIZON AND JUST PUTTING IT
ALL ON THE LINE AND GOING FOR
IT, AND IT STARTS IN CHINA IN
THE '60s AND '70s WHEN MY
PARENTS GREW UP, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY A VERY DIFFERENT TIME
AND VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN
HERE, AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT JUST
THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THEM
AND HEARING THEIR STORY WAS JUST
HOW FAR-FETCHED IT WAS AT THE
TIME TO COME TO A PLACE LIKE
AMERICA OR NORTH AMERICA, AND TO
BUILD A LIFE WHEN THEY DIDN'T
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, THEY DIDN'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CULTURE.
I THINK MY DAD HAD SEEN,
LIKLIK
LIKE, "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" AND
"STAR WARS" AND BASED ON THOSE
THINGS, HE WAS, LIKE, I COULD
GET DOWN TO AMERICA.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO AMERICA.
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I KIND OF -- BEING AT THE AGE MY
PARENTS WERE ROUGHLY WHEN THEY
HAD ME, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK
ABOUT HOW THAT PAR LEALLELS WITY
OWN LIFE, AS AN ACCOUNTANT,
WATCHING MOVIES AND BEING, LIKE,
I WANT TO BE APART OF MOVIES.
>> AND NOW YOU'RE A MARVEL
SUPERHERO.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> IT STARTS WITH A DREAM,
RIGHT?
GIVING YOURSELF THE PERMISSION
TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS.
>> DREAMS ARE EVERYTHING.
SO SIMU, NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU,
COME AND HANG WITH US FOR THE
WHOLE SHOW AND DO A THING.
BE A CO-HOST.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> BE ONE OF OUR MALE CO-HOSTS.
>> YEAH.
>> ARE WE SHOOTING IT IN THE
BAHAMAS?
>> WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
HIS MEMOIR
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