Joan Chen Quotes

26 quotes in 424 categories

• The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the…
• All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
• There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as…
• All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.
• For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing…
• Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.
• As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director.
• How I was raised is what I am today.
• I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.
• How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was…
• I don't want to tell people what I make. It's a lot more than I ever dreamed of as a kid. I never think about…
• Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them…
• When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.
• The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
• There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I…
• The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.
• Acting is actually private.
• I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I…
• I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.
• I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a…

Browse Joan Chen Quotes by Category