Joan Chen Quotes & Sayings

“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 rest of it, the true love, is the test.”

“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 people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I'll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.”

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

“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 it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.”

“I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.”

“I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.”

“My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.”