Quotes About Challenges

Getting married and divorced really is a learning experience.

I shocked my parents with a lot of things, whether it was becoming an actor or when I was dating someone outside the Egyptian community or when I moved away from home before getting married.

There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.

I've got allergies. Really badly. I'm getting worse as I'm getting older.

I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.

I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away.

In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.

I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

I faced Gibson many times and faced Sandy Koufax three times.

I don't know whether I much enjoyed education. I was not academically gifted.

There's so much pressure on kids to perform and to be the best they can be, and particularly with boys: boys who are the gifted ones get loaded with an awful lot of expectation and self-expectation, and that's really hard for an 18 year old.

I'm not somebody who is genetically gifted when it comes to facial hair.

'Divorce' was kind of strange because I was going in and out of doing it while doing different movies! So, I kept returning to a set character and this set gig, and that was kind of interesting for me as an actor.

The second gig I did was New Year's Eve at the Birmingham Anglers Club, and that started with booing.

AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.

My first professional gig was on a show called 'Nikita,' and I played Al Qaeda No. 2. At that time I had to take those roles because I just wanted to get my foot in the door.

There are a million reasons why I might not do well at a gig. But none of them are because I'm a woman.

Being leader is a tough gig.

Life is not always laughs and giggles.

When it comes to the golf industry, I know that people see me as a gimmick.

I was that ginger kid who always wanted people to like him. It's hard, and you've got a big chip on your shoulder for a long time.

After 'Crocodile Dundee,' I turned down lots of stuff, most of it where I'd play the girlfriend of some funny man.

I had a really hot girlfriend in high school and I'd get into fights over that. And by the time I got into high school, I was moved around into a lot of schools, so I was getting into fights in high school.