Quotes About Perseverance

Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

I grew up in the projects. You have no choice but to fight. My jokes used to get me in fights.

Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.

I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to move forward.

There are very few music projects like 'Border,' that you get to work on in your lifetime.

I do seem to try to make things harder and harder for myself. In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm drawn to projects that end up being incredibly laborious.

I'm from the housing projects, where people can't afford $150 shoes.

My computer is littered with abandoned projects.

I just try to keep going and work on projects that are exciting to me, with people I respect and enjoy and want to work with. That takes me in different directions sometimes, but it's all been a pretty good ride.

In general, a film's delay is disheartening for actors, but it's harder on the director and the producer who have been on the project for longer than anyone else. While actors move on to other projects, the film's makers don't.

It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.'

The very fact that I've had those established me to continue on to do new music and new projects.

Most of my time, energy and other resources I use to nurture my projects.

The excitement level for me working on projects is really not a bit different from when I was 26.

Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

We have disappointments all the time in the business, and I've lost way more projects than I've booked. I've learned from every opportunity and have been chosen for some really great projects!

I'm not interested in going to casting after casting, trying to get into that game. So there is a part of me that knows that I will do more characters, even if I have to produce those projects myself to get those projects out there. If the right characters come along, I would love to. I would jump at the chance.

Since I was 9 years old, I have been working, hustling to find my own projects - from telenovelas to record deals, etc. etc. Way before I met my husband.

Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.

For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.

I have done so many stupid commercials and terrible other little projects that never went anywhere and just ended up being terrible.

I don't feel prolific. I feel like I'm plodding along. Each day you sit down, and you hope that you get your work done.

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.