Quotes by Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

Effort

Marijuana

Smoking

Acting is actually private.

Acting

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

Inspirational

Running

Teenager

America and China need to understand each other.

America

China

Needs

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.

Acting

Actresses

Want

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 it’s possible to actually reach success doing movies.

Girl

Past

Thinking

Historically and culturally the Mongol women were very strong, they contributed as much as the men to their society, their community. Other than upper body strength, I think they were equal to the men. To compensate for the lesser upper body strength they had to be smarter, they had to think more, they had to consider things more carefully.

Men

Strong

Thinking

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 more watchable, but I don’t think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.

Drama

Kids

Thinking

How I was raised is what I am today.

Raised

Today

I danced in a Lifetime film. We shot in Canada and I got to work with a lot of the dancers who do So You Think You Can Dance, Canada.

Canada

Dancer

Thinking

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Acting

Actors

Actresses

Advice

Age

America

Auditions

Awful

Bad Movies

Ballet

Believe

Canada

Careers

Children

China

Cinema

Costumes

Dancer

Dialogue

Different

Done

Doors

Drama

Effort

Fairy Tale

Feet

Film

Frustrated

Girl

Giving

Happiness

Inspirational

Jobs

Kids

Know How

Lakes

Lowest

Making Money

Marijuana

Meat

Men

Missing

Moments

Morning

Mother

Needs

Order

Past

People

Play

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Quotes by Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

Acting is actually private.

All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.

America and China need to understand each other.

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.

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 it’s possible to actually reach success doing movies.

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 more watchable, but I don’t think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.

How I was raised is what I am today.

I danced in a Lifetime film. We shot in Canada and I got to work with a lot of the dancers who do So You Think You Can Dance, Canada.

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