115 Quotes by Joan Chen

To be an Asian, to be a minority, not to see ourselves as always me the minority, the victim, you the dominant culture. It's a shift of paradigm. Once you see things differently, you gain power. All of a sudden there is enlightenment.

The factory that I work with, all the products are on the shelf, they are existing products. I can go and enhance it. The perfume is 60% mine.

When I was younger, I struggled against, you know, I don't want to be pigeon-holed. And I, you know - Basically, now you want to be pigeon-holed. It's your niche.

There are a few stories that I like, but I don't know how to approach them because there's no part for me-just books I read.

When I stayed with a bunch of herding girls-young intellectuals sent down to herd military horses-they taught me how to take warm baths.

You have to say, I will wither if I don't do it, I'll die if I don't do it. It has to be that big of a determination, that much of a need.

Both my parents are very hard-working, very caring, studious people. They take their profession very very seriously. Especially in China, there is not much of a reward other than saving lives. So I have a very very high respect for the profession of medicine. That could be a subconscious reason.

Black people are doing a lot better lately. They're getting a lot more better roles and they have fought for a long time.

Even a year ago I was talking about going to law school. Because the lawyers I know get to meet a lot of different people.