Joey Lauren
Joey Lauren
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.
good guy hard opposite women
For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts. If the guy in the movie is 30, they're going to take a 20-year-old to play opposite him.
almost chasing concern critics fit helped mom normal people sound sure unusual voice
It's not a normal voice. It doesn't fit into people's preconceptions about what a woman's voice should sound like. My mom doesn't think I have an unusual voice, though. I'm sure it's helped me get some roles. But Chasing Amy, I almost didn't get. There was concern the voice would grate on some people - which some critics said it did.
diet
A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.
actress connect expected funny last screenplay
The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.
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