Quotes About Challenges

Working in independent cinema is far more frustrating than mainstream because it is difficult to get money to make such films.

This is a frustrating sport. There are a lot of emotions involved.

Obviously there aren't many opportunities for someone who looks like me to walk in fashion shows. It's incredibly frustrating.

Yes, there are moments when it's frustrating where you can't put the ball where you want it and you make mistakes.

Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.

I think the only thing wrong about our profession is the frustration you go through, when you don't have work, when you are going up or down. All the time the stress is there.

At times, I thought of leaving filmmaking because of the pressure and frustration 'Adhugo' had put on me.

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is not going to be the same as the director's vision. It doesn't mean one is better or worse; it means they're different.

It's one of those things that I use everything that I go through... to be better. I use it all to just fuel the fire, to grow and learn from.

My mother turned 40 in 1973. So in 1970 - when 'The Female Eunuch' came out and Ms. magazine was founded - my mom was 37 with two children, and she was just that little bit too old, and the circumstances of her life were set up in a certain way that for her to fulfill her ambitions and dreams, she would have had to break with the family.

Being an actor, it is very difficult... I applaud those that can... but it is very difficult to do cinema as well as fulfill family responsibilities.

There is no formula that I'm aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.

Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles; it is so fulfilling.

Living out a story eight times a week is difficult and draining emotionally but very fulfilling.

There have been many a days in coaching where I've said, What was I thinking? Because it is not the easiest job in the world. But it is very fulfilling, not because of the results you achieve but because of the relationships you build.

After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.

I've got confidence that I'll be able to pick it up eventually, but that's the reason I'm a full-time Sevens player this year: because I knew coming into it that it would be really tough, and I've got to give it my all.

It's a life choice to be a girl chef, as it is to be a boy chef. It feels pretty natural to me. It's a full-time, full-scale, full physical job, and a lot of times, it can take the place of kids and family. To be in this career is much more difficult for a woman to have a family, marriage - whatever that means. It's not a 9-5 job.

Football and school don't go together. They just don't. Trying to do both is like trying to do two full-time jobs.

Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.

Writing a book is usually a full-time job that takes years. I didn't have years. So I decided to crowdsource content for the book.

Life was something Dad enjoyed to the fullest. He put some tough years on himself. He probably would have had another 10 years to live if he hadn't been so hard on himself. But there again, he sure did live while he was here.