Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director who has appeared in more than 40 films. She appeared in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films, particularly Mallrats and Chasing Amy, receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the latter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth6 January 1971
CountryUnited States of America
girlfriend thinking acting
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
thinking acting satisfying
I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.
born food home job later north raised serving shoot
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.
diet
A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.
home jumping hands
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
hard
For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts
independent definitions film
Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time
father
My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent
wake-up want realizing
It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day
actresses looks way
I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk
feels comfortable
I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in
bed reason no-reason
There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me
people want direct
I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me
anniversary wife important
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.