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Self-conscious Dancer

Kim — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:16:05 +0000

I used to dance all the time till I was 16 and I was at a wedding in Seattle. I didn’t realize at the time that Canadian beer is like really strong, like 7.8 percent or something. And I was just going nuts on the dance floor and my dad was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I’ve never been able to get that out of my head. I’m so self-conscious about it.

Oh Mother

Joy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:05:20 +0000

Everybody in my life knows what’s real and what isn’t. Apart from my mother, who seems to believe every negative thing that’s written about me! She’s like, “I can’t believe you did this!” I’m like, “I didn’t!” And she’s like, “Yes, you did, I know you did!” … She’ll literally believe a gossip magazine over her own son.

Family & Friends

Joy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:52:06 +0000

I think deep down, people don’t really change, but it has varied the way that my friends see me, even my family. It’s weird, because the truth is that people in your life repeatedly treat you differently. But you’ll always know who your true friends are. I hope that there will come a moment where they, my family, and myself will get back to normal, because they know me, they know who I am and we have the same dreams. I don’t have the feeling that I’ve changed, I think I’m the same.

Theater Club

Joy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:49:22 +0000

I’ve never went to acting school. One day my dad was at a restaurant and he saw a bunch of pretty girls, so he asked them where were they going to and they said Theater club, so my dad told me I had to go there. It was so embarrassing.

Speak Articulately

Joy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:30:18 +0000

My dad is from Yorkshire and he did a bunch of things. In the ’70s, he moved to America for a bit and just worked as a taxi driver. Then he started selling cars in the ’80s. My mom worked as a booker at a modeling agency and now they’re both retired. My mom, sisters and I speak really well. My parents were just very aware of how you’re treated differently in the world if you speak articulately. So it was just the way I was brought up.

Never Buy a Car From Him

Joy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:04:27 +0000

My dad told me a lot of stories. I would never buy a car from him.

I Wasn’t Very Academic

Joy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:03:20 +0000

I was at a small private school in London. I wasn’t very academic. My dad said to me, ‘OK, you might as well leave, since you’re not working very hard’. When I told I him wanted to stay on for my A-levels, he said I’d have to pay my own fees, then he’d pay me back if I got good grades.

It’s All Luck

Joy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:52:21 +0000

It’s hard for them [my parents] because they want to be proud of me, but I keep reminding them that it’s all luck. Luck is what got me here, nothing else.

Face of a Gargoyle

Joy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:17:51 +0000

People sent me hate mail, and the internet was full of messages from Twilight fans who didn’t want me. They said I looked like a bum. My mother told me she had read online that I was wretched and ugly and had the face of a gargoyle. Stephanie [Meyer] helped me out by giving me her seal of approval, and then the trailer came out and everything turned around. I started getting love letters and fan mail instead of hate mail.

Acting Fraternity

Joy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:44:59 +0000

I really wasn’t part of the acting fraternity at my school, but I joined this thing after my dad argued with me for ages. I think he had some sort of weird foresight about it. I went [to the Barnes Theatre Club] and I worked backstage on the first play I did. They used to do two shows a year and they are all great. So many people from there had become actors.