“I found out what the secret to life is - friends. Best friends.” Life IsFoundFriendshipSecretTomatoes Author:Jessica Tandy
“Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.” EffortActingHabitQuittingSmokingMarijuanaBad Habits Author:Joan Chen
“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.” WantActingPleaseDirectorsActressesEnjoyable Author:Joan Chen
“I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes.” DifficultSceneIntimate Author:Joan Chen
“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.” PeopleThinkingWellsKidsCertainBornActingQualityDramaUnderstoodSellsScreens Author:Joan Chen
“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 it.” PeopleThinkingWantKids Author:Joan Chen
“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 better, since I've been there.” KnowsAgeActorsKnow How Author:Joan Chen
“The beauty in the story is at one with suffering. That is also part of our upbringing - we don't think there could be beauty otherwise. Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.” ThinkingWayEndsStoriesSufferingResultsFollowingUpbringingPoignancy Author:Joan Chen