Quotes About Challenge

I always want to do things that really have to be done, something that's a challenge - and I'm trying not to repeat myself.

I try consciously to keep myself entertained and challenged to not repeat myself at all. Like, when I start a new book, my goal is to pretty much throw out what I've done and try something completely different that I think initially I cannot do.

It gets monotonous for an actor to repeat roles.

If I have done a role that's taken me to a certain space emotionally, I won't repeat that; I would rather do something now that taps into something else in my psyche... maybe something that makes me nervous.

Every role I take on, I try and bring my best and to be as honest as possible. I try not to repeat things I've done in the past. Which gets harder and harder.

You can't repeat the success of any movie.

If you get involved with something on stage that makes you feel dreadful, that's a nightmare because you have to repeat it every night.

I'm not good at vacationing. I've repeatedly failed at palapas and mai-tais.

I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway. I said, 'Well, how do we know? How do we know if we don't do it?' I said, 'I think you're wrong.'

Repeating is harder than anything else.

The Internet makes the writer work harder - I have to say things here I've never said before, or else be caught out in repeating myself.

I don't like repeating things and look out for work that could challenge me.

I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in ever-decreasing derivation, that's unchallenging and unstimulating, deadens our minds, our imagination and our ability to see beyond the hell we find ourselves in.

If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.

I loved playing in England. But after a few years, I didn't find it challenging enough. I wouldn't say I was bored, but it was becoming too repetitive - playing with and against the same players year after year.

These days scripts aren't that repetitive and so the roles are getting more and more challenging.

It's not easy to replace the best centre-back in the world.

If Chelsea lose Hazard, I don't know how they could replace him. I couldn't think who they would sign because Hazard is one of the best players in the world. I would think only Messi or Ronaldo could replace him.

Alia Bhatt's role in 'Udta Punjab' is something I would like to do. Nobody can replace Alia in the movie, and she did a fabulous job, but I would love to do such roles.

There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't' with 'How can I?' It might sound like semantics, but I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.

It is a big challenge, but I believe that, although difficult, it is not impossible to replace President dos Santos.

It is very difficult for an actor to replace another actor who has already created an image.

It's difficult to say you can replace Franck Ribery one on one with another player.

The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined.