Joan Chen Good Quotations

Having been an actress was also good because I know how to talk to the actors. I know what comes through and what doesn't and often times I've worked with a director whose directions I knew I'd just better not try to listen to because it messes you up. So, having had an acting background really helped.

I wish when I was younger, I took my career more seriously. I wasn't. I was just, like, having a good time.

I wasn't good enough to be a waitress. I was a receptionist and I only took down takeouts. Every day there was some mistake I made.

I wanted to do pre-med. The first semester it really didn't matter because you took a lot of general education requirements. But right after the first semester I kind of knew I wasn't cut out for that. I had very good grades but I somehow wasn't satisfied. Just having good grades and having it all go to medical school didn't make me happy.

I think a good sign is when you don't go to bed with people right away. I think you treasure it more. A lot of people, one date or third date or fourth date, you gotta go to bed. It's silly.

Things had just happened to me, good things and bad things, and I took them.