Joan Chen Quotes
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
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Editorial photography has to be energetic and visually competitive.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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You discover yourself through the research of your work.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.
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I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.
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I love playing Eleven.
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If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
