Top 19 Quotes by Joey Lauren Adams

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.

For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts.

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.

It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.

The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.

I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in.