115 Quotes by Joan Chen

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!

I grew up in Honolulu. It’s not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet.

I love any opportunity to be able to dance. It’s in my blood. I mean, I need to do it as an artist. I need to always do it.

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don’t believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don’t.

Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I’m always in touch with stuff going on.

There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as people try to pin me down to one kind of part, I’ll play a very different kind of role, so it explodes that stereotype.

I take class. I’m always ballet ready. I’m ready to go – got my tights and my shoes.

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.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don’t believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don’t feel complete.