Joey lauren adams

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

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.

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.

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.

I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's...

My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

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