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Joan Chen

"There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother."

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"There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother."

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Vera Miles

"But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted."

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Vera Miles

"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."

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Vera Miles

"Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied."

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Vera Miles

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

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Vera Miles

"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

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Vera Miles

"That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself."

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Vera Miles

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

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Vera Miles

"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."

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Vera Miles

"That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it."

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Vera Miles

"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

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Joan Chen
"The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly."

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Joan Chen
"How I was raised is what I am today."

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Joan Chen
"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."

People

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Joan Chen
"As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director."

Acting

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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!"

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Joan Chen
"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."

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Joan Chen
"All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away."

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Joan Chen
"All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents."

Acting

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Joan Chen
"Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing."

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Joan Chen
"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."

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