Quotes About Challenge

Little late for that now. I don't think an 'Oops, my bad, my weapon accidentally misfired two dozen rounds' will work to get me out of this. (Devyn)

Never take your eyes off your opponent. And never think you don't have to work for a victory. Even now, you could surprise me. (Takeshi)

It is no use. I find it impossible to work with security staring me in the face.

You can make a killing as a playwright in America, but you can't make a living.

I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.

It often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find they don't work, so I have to give it up.

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.

Practice is an ever-fresh, challenging flow of work and play in which we continually test and demolish our own delusions; therefore, it is sometimes painful.

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

You have to go down before you can come out — that's how these things always work.

It's much easier to work with an unknown.

Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.

It is difficult to make political art work.

I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers.

I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded by mostly white men, and she has to prove herself every day.

I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

To make a low-budget independent is not easy work.

At each stage of work the horse must be taken to his limit, but never over.

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

But you make the rest hard too. Make me work for you. Make me earn your love. It's worth whatever price. Whatever cost. Don't let me come to expect easy with you. Make me want to work hard for you.

You can train and work on the speed bag and heavy bag, but when you get in the ring, …It is a different story.

If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.