Quotes About Challenges

It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.

I can score the ball a little bit. But sometimes I put myself in a bind.

I have a very non-existent, dysfunctional relationship with my biological mother.

My biological mother had me at 16, and it was just too young.

I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

I just didn't feel like there would be a lot of opportunities for me in Birmingham.

My son's birth was pretty life-shattering, in good ways and bad ways. I realized that I needed a doula because I'm not close to my mom, and I don't have a lot of people in New York.

I can't give birth to my own child; we know that. But it's still embarrassing to me, and that's just how I feel. It's a sensitive subject.

I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'

You can either get bitter, or you can get better.

I know a lot of editors who are very bitter about the directors they work with. They feel they could have done a better job, and I say to them, 'Oh really? Why don't you go try - it's not easy.'

Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter.

Black athletes are always under more scrutiny.

When I first got to Los Angeles, hip-hop music was a scary thing not only to white America but to middle-class black America.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

Love is very complicated and it's never black and white, as I'm sure we all know in our lives.

I hate losing. Whether it's marbles, spades, blackjack, whatever it is.

We can't simply blame the engineers when things go wrong because, no matter how well they plan, things don't always go according to plan.

I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.

Sometimes I draw blanks.

I believe 'Takkari Donga' didn't do too well. But I had a blast doing the film.

'Shaadi No. 1' with David Dhawan didn't turn out to be the best, but it was a blast to work on.

My heart bleeds, goes out for families with kids with autism.

What I've learned is that you forget that it's not only a blessing to play this game, but it's an opportunity.