Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Joey Lauren Adams.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director. Adams appeared in several Kevin Smith View Askewniverse films, including Chasing Amy, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.
I was born and raised in North Little Rock, Arkansas. I was 15 when I got my first job serving food to the residents in a retirement home - 22 years later I would shoot my first film in one.
The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.
A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.
It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.
I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in.
There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.
For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts.
I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.
Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.
I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me.
My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.
My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.
I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.
I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.
I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive.
It just gets frustrating playing the girlfriend, It's just this awful feeling, sitting in your house, waiting for a script to come. I like to be more proactive.
No one was jumping up and saying, 'Yeah, let me give you money.' I had never held a camera in my hand - a home video camera, nothing. I had not directed.
I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
The toughest thing about homework is getting mom and pop to agree on the same answer.
Most people play a fair game of golf - if you watch them.
A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which you put your money in your pants pocket and give your coat to your creditors.
A teacher is a person who used to think he liked children.
Stay with me; I want to be alone
Education is wonderful - it helps you worry about things all over the world.
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.
The most popular labor-saving device today is still a husband with money.