Joan Chen Good Quotations

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.

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.

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

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 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.