Joey Lauren Adams Net Worth

Joey Lauren Adams's Quotes

• [on her distinctive 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 (1997), I almost didn't get. There was concern the voice would grate on some people -- which some critics said it did.
• 'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.
• There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.
• The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.
• It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.

Interesting Facts about Joey Lauren Adams

1. Filmed a scene for Wayne's World 2 (1993), but her scene was later deleted during editing.
2. Is a fan of country music and wrote the song she sings in Chasing Amy (1997).
3. Won the Chicago Film Critics "Most Promising Actress" award in 1997 for her performance in Chasing Amy (1997).
4. Moved to Hollywood in 1988.
5. Often mistaken for Renée Zellweger. During her appearance on Dinner for Five (2001) she said the person who most-often makes that mistake is Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
6. When her brother was in a coma from an automobile accident, he would only show a response from her very distinctive voice.
7. Good friend of Ashley Judd.
8. Moved after 19 years from Los Angeles to Oxford, Mississippi. [2006]
9. Arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in San Diego [December 2003]
10. Wrote and directed the film, Come Early Morning (2006), selected from 1700 submissions that is among 16 that will play and premiere in Sundance's U.S. dramatic competition. [November 2005]
11. She played Jason London's girlfriend in Dazed and Confused (1993) and his identical twin brother Jeremy London's ex-girlfriend in Mallrats (1995). Coincidentally, Ben Affleck appeared in both films.
12. She appeared in four films with Ben Affleck: Dazed and Confused (1993), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). The first of these, which was directed by Richard Linklater, was the only one of the four not directed by Kevin Smith.
13. Kevin Smith was originally planning on casting her in his film Dogma (1999), but then they broke up. He replaced her with Linda Fiorentino.