Joan Chen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.”

“When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.”

“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.”

“Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.”

“There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail!”