Quotes About Challenges

Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.

I had some great experiences, but there were times when films didn't do well right, especially after 'Vicky Donor.'

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

I think you just have to give yourself a dose of reality. Things don't always work out the way you want them to in life.

A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player.

You never plan on losing double-digit games in a season. You don't plan on losing any.

Being a doubles player, without any support, we don't have any godfathers in doubles.

I've been doubted all my life.

Throughout high school and even my only season in college, a lot of people have been doubting me, saying I can't do this, do that, and I'm too small, but at the same time, I just focus on me and the team.

You're going to have doubts when you get cut. But you can use those moment to light a fire under yourself.

I would say that in the 1990s, I don't think the environment was enough to make anyone ambitious and aspirational. It was a downer, I would think.

I always thought that when I got into this business that I was going to have to downplay my Asianness and downplay my queerness, which is not an easy thing for me to do.

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.

I started school in the 4th grade and it was a real drag.

The dramas that I worked on were successful, but not the movies. I still have many opportunities, and I will not be discouraged.

I've been doing dramas for a long time.

I believe showing various characters is my job and I try to take as many challenges as possible in my dramas and films.

It is very difficult to make something like slice-of-life interesting. I don't think many people have done the slice-of-life dramas as good as TVF has done it.

It sounds so dramatic, but I'll say it: Hollywood just doesn't know what to do with me. And it's not for lack of trying.

The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs.

Divorce is something that I never dreamed would happen to me. But it did.

Growing up in Iowa I could have had it a lot worse. My family was more worried about my education and my health than the fact that I wore my sister's dresses.

I've been double-teamed my whole life. I know when a double team's coming. I know what side the guy's coming from. I know how to dribble out of it.

I'm very happy to work with Prema and work in F2 because I have the feeling in some ways, it's a bit more difficult to drive and to work with the tyres than F1.