Shanghai Kiss (2007)
Joel David Moore: Joe Silverman
Quotes
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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.
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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.