Quotes About Struggle

I wasn't a very good salesman.

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

When I put out 'Same Thing In Reverse,' I was told categorically that this will never get played in America.

Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.

A lot of people try to take away the things I have done and try to give other people credit for the things they have done and won't give me the same amount of credit in the ring for doing the same things or more.

I would love to do a biopic based on Aung San Suu Kyi's life.

The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.

When you grow up poor, you dream of just having a hom, and a bed that's clean - that's a sanctuary. Having a really great husband, a child who's healthy and happy and brings me joy - all of that has been my dream.

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day.

One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'

Satan has an agenda.

I can't get no satisfaction.

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

I'm definitely not a perfect coach and it's impossible to make everyone satisfied.

I'm from poverty, I'm never satisfied with anything I do.

We're coming to see the revolution. And the revolution isn't always happy. It's not always pretty. But it's always satisfying.

With 'Woman Far Walking,' that was as good as it gets and I didn't want to do any more. It was satisfying but really exhausting and I didn't want to go back there any more. It was feeling like a 9-5 job and I didn't feel excited about it.

I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that moment of my life.

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

You come to a point where you realize your work doesn't save you.

My life needed to be saved. Not just Foxy. That's my character. That's my work. Inga is a person.

I have an act I take on the road. That's what saved me. I dont know how most actors make a living.

Basketball saved my life.