Joan Chen Discusses Desire, Motherhood, and Learning French for ‘Montreal, My Beautiful’
"There is an eternal longing in everyone to feel that love, to feel that spark, that wonder of someone else...
"There is an eternal longing in everyone to feel that love, to feel that spark, that wonder of someone else...
"When you have a physical mask, you actually feel more invincible."
“Tension, I understand. I know how to write a scene about two people who have something unspoken between them —...
"When I finally stepped into Philippine cinema, I fell in love with it, and in the process I immediately found...
“The old Walt Disney cartoons, Pinocchio, Bambi, Snow White, done with so much integrity. I wanted to capture that feeling...
“They say I kicked the door open a little bit, but I feel like they have the chutzpah.”
"Love is this ancient feeling, this ancient mystery that makes life worth living makes fools of all of us."
“It annoys me because 'Notting Hill' is simply a rom-com, whereas our movie is a ‘queer South Indian rom-com.’"
"Just beyond that first step is where your dream waits."
"I wanted to write about what I knew best — sort of a tribute to my family's time in Canada."