Quotes About Challenges

I was kind of a weird kid in high school. I didn't have many friends in my age group because all they wanted to do was fight and have riots.

A year living with your parents when you turn 30 has been ripe for comedy.

I ripped both hamstrings.

With every film, the pressure is on the rise for the next.

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

There aren't enough meaty roles for actresses. Also, most actresses aren't ready to take risks.

If you look at my career, I've taken on a lot of risky roles.

I think life should be easier as you get older and not more difficult. And Ritchie is too difficult a person for me to deal with, because I like to have control of my own life.

The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.

I felt quite an affinity with 'Rocky' in my career. It's been like 'fight the business' all the way up.

I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents.

The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.

I wanted to be a role model, and a series of events took it away from me.

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. '

What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

All the roles are for boys. The girls' roles are either small or all the same. There's just nothing interesting.

My life's been a rollercoaster.

It's been an absolute rollercoaster. The things I've done, I didn't even dream of doing or achieving.

Some games you're going to be able to get rolling, you're going to get in a good rhythm, you're going to be able to get open looks. Other games, sometimes the rhythm's not there and you've got to get off it a little bit.

I'm not real good at romance.

I remember my rookie hazing. It wasn't fun.