Quotes About Adversity

You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.

In 'Henry V,' the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life.

To beat Henry Cejudo, you might have to bring an AK-47 and a couple dudes.

I've already beat Henry Corrales, but he was a tough one.

I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a charlatan and an addict.

You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

You're going to be the goat and you have to learn to accept it. When you're the hero, you're going to have to learn to deal with that too.

There will always be haters. Small heroes can change society every day. It just takes time.

We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.

I love heroes that really go through ordeals, and they come out the other end completely changed.

There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes.

The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.

Great battles can make great heroes and heroines.

I think heroines would be pretty boring if they were perfect all the time.

Mother had to support herself at age 18 because it was during the depression and when my grandfather lost the farm and there was no place for her; she worked as an assistant to a maid.

I never looked for trouble, but when it found me, I wouldn't hesitate.

I've never had any real big blow-ups. I go against the grain. Hey, it's life, I'm happy.

It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.'

Hey, a hard background is not an excuse.

At the end of the day, 'Hidden' was a great experience. Because we know what it's like to fail. And we know it will happen again.

I'm growing up and continuing to learn from my mistakes and trying not to make the same ones over and over again, but am I going to live in a shell, or am I just going to hide from everybody and not do anything? I don't think that's the way I should live my life, and I'm not going to do it.

I've been at the bottom. I've lost loved ones, I've lost best friends, but that's part of life. I don't hide that.

If you can fight in high heels, you can walk in high heels.

Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.