United Kingdom, Nov. 19 -- Lucy Liu still has a "belief in the magic of filmmaking".

The 56-year-old actress has enjoyed a hugely successful career in Hollywood, and although she admits that "there's so much broken in the system", Lucy hasn't lost any of her enthusiasm for acting.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's better to come from a place of excitement. And honestly, gratitude - just because there's so much broken in the system, it doesn't have to change your belief in the magic of filmmaking. To me, it was a form of escape and a form of understanding.

"That momentum that I had as a 19- or 20-year-old when I started, not knowing everything else was a beautiful thing. That's the combustion of a starting out, the accelerator is r...