Quotes About Challenges

I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill.

There's days when my body's better than other days. It still gives me problems. But it's very manageable. Rehab is forever my friend.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.

When you're reinterpreting the same material eight shows a week, it's impossible to lock in the 'ideal' performance. Things that felt great in previews can feel forced three months in; jokes that got big laughs in the rehearsal room may suddenly fall flat in front of a paying audience.

There's pre-production, and the second part is when you start rehearsal. Pre-production was a very large learning curve for me.

I always lose weight - around 5 to 7 lbs. It's because of our strenuous rehearsals and long hours, which is not relatable to anybody because you're working out 8 to 10 hours a day.

Adaptability is crucial to working on Glee because every day is adapting to something. Because we're doing a different genre of music, doing a different type of scene with a different scene partner, recording and dance rehearsals... no day is like another.

When I do films, I get off-days. But, in theatre, there are back-to-back shows with non-stop rehearsals. It's too scary a thought.

Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two.

There are problems in doing television that have been plaguing me for years. I really like to have a lot of time, to rehearse and make things as good as they can be, but television often doesn't allow for that.

There's a difference between knowing what to do when you're rehearsing it, and being able to do it once you're adrenalized and emotional. That's when the injuries occur. Actors all want to try to pretend that they're experts at everything, but we're not.

I think the first time that you win the title - you just don't know how to make the most out of your title reign until you've had one and then you've lost it. Once you lose something, you know how much more it means to you.

So long as confusion reigns, there will be no successful global Internet agenda, only contradiction.

I had to take over the reins of the company at a time when I did not know a thing about the business. The producers who were committed to work with my father wanted to back out because they felt I would not be able to sell their film's music the way my father did.

Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.

You don't reinvent something that had three amazing presenters without a few bumps along the way.

Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.

What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level.

After making two big movies 'Chocolate' and 'Goal' with big stars and being completely involved with making ad films as such, the time had come to reinvent myself not only as a director but also as a human.

I would go to different production houses everyday for auditions and they would reject me saying you cant talk, smile, dance, or act.

As an actor, I wouldn't reject a scene because I felt awkward or disturbed.

I didn't reject 'Good News.' The situation was such that it couldn't happen.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

You're constantly getting rejected in acting. You get rejected more than you get hired!