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Joey Lauren Adams Quotes

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

Joey Lauren Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: January 6, 1971

Topics

Day Wake Up You Want Intimacy Up

For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always be fiction, and especially novels, but I'm a writer... I write poetry and essays and criticism and I'd love to write a whole play, and sometimes I even write scripts.

Love Time Poetry Me Criticism Play

To me, success is seeing that justice is done.

Success Justice Me Seeing Done

I've always felt this, from when I was growing up to now with my son Riley. We don't let them be little. I was not a normal kid, but I had a sense of innocence far longer than we let kids.

Melissa Peterman

Son Growing Up Innocence Growing Now

When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.

Eyes Time People Believe You First

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

Way Follow Expression Instincts

I just don't give off a great first impression.

Great First First Impression Give

I am the odd man out in the family.

Family Man I Am Out Odd Am

Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.

Work Success Morning Time Me Enough

I always enjoyed politics. I worked at the White House recently, primarily for the First Lady. Because of my experience running my travel agency, I was in charge of the files she kept on the Travel Office.

Joseph Force Crater

Experience Politics Travel House She

I hate it when, by page 30, I know what the lead's going to do and then what the bad guy's gonna do. Mostly it's just scripts by the numbers where nothing's surprising, nothing's interesting.

Hate Interesting Bad Numbers Know

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.

Said Poor She Temporary Us Broke

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

People Influence Think Doing Wrong

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