Quotes About Struggle

To be famous and broke is hard.

To be famous in comedy is unbearably difficult. But I don't care what people know me for as long as they know me for work that I'm proud of.

Bands should definitely pay some dues and go through it, go to small clubs, build a fan base, all that kind of stuff, because it's not real, otherwise.

I was at this fancy school, and I felt out of place, so I rebelled.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band.

I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.

I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away.

The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.

My mom's side of the family was farm workers.

Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why.

I would like to address the issue of farmers through my craft - my films. But, the sad part is that such films win awards but don't get any rewards at the BO.

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

Life for my family was a real struggle, as it was for most in those farming communities in Alabama.

I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.

I'm so fascinated by how people destroy each other and love each other.

I'm fascinated by characters who are faced with big losses and have to put their lives back together again.

I am fascinated by that person who is trying to live authentically, but they are on the outside of society, so how do they manage in the world around them?

Boxing fascinates me.

It is so fascinating that someone can commit their whole entire lifestyle to being such a fantastic woman when I'm such a bum about it.

I'm not going to say that I'm perfect. I do have fashion crises.

I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.