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Joan Chen
Chinese
Actress
Born:
Apr 26
,
1961
Acting
How
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Joan Chen
Me
Broken
People
Try
Down
Think
Kind
Part
Soon
Stereotype
Stereotypes
Doing
Pin
Lot
Very
Role
Different
Which
Different Kind
Us
Play
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
Joan Chen
Teen
Teenagers
Run
Somehow
Away
Desire
The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.
Joan Chen
Better
Films
Ten
Ten Times
Budget
Tibet
Times
Than
Shooting
Lowest
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.
Joan Chen
Fear
Better
Out
Since
Like
Know
How
Been
Get
Listen
Them
Actor
Things
Acting is actually private.
Joan Chen
Private
Acting
Actually
I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.
Joan Chen
Looking
Everybody
Never
Audition
Were
Really
Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.
Joan Chen
Poverty
Enough
Starve
Hunger
Kids
Physical
Something
Only
Could
Never
Had
Been
Just
China
Rice
Poor
Meat
Imagine
How I was raised is what I am today.
Joan Chen
Today
How
Am
Raised
My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.
Joan Chen
Life
Passport
Ended
Wanted
Moment
Apply
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
Joan Chen
Me
Expectation
Between
Fairly
Came
Difference
Being
Actor
Here
Treated
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.
Joan Chen
People
Think
Kid
Tell
Dreamed
About
More
Never
Make
Lot
Than
Want
Ever
For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.
Joan Chen
Success
Girl
Past
Few
Young
Think
Gave
Visible
Possible
Kind
More
Performer
Reach
Doing
Years
Past Few Years
Model
Role
Role Model
Young Girls
Movies
Asian
Showing
Actually
When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.
Joan Chen
You
People
Stronger
Other
About
Strongly
Something
Feel
Equally
Order
Succeed
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