Quotes About Struggle

I was compared to a bird that was too fat to lift itself off the ground.

I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.

When I was younger, I was thinking of ways I could get respect so people wouldn't bother me. I was down for whatever. I ended up going to juvenile hall, facing a good amount of time for a first-time offense.

It's difficult when you step out there with somebody like me and my offense.

When you're desperate, it's good on defense because your hair should be on fire, but it's bad on offense.

The only problem that I had in my younger years and in college was not knowing if I had the confidence on the offensive side to just take over.

If your best offensive players go down, all you can do is hang on.

When I was younger, I initially hated football because they put me on the offensive line because I was the biggest kid.

They say baseball's a game of failure. Well, that's only true on the offensive side.

Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much that kind of figure. His deal with Mephistopheles was to experience everything life has to offer, good and bad.

I was depressed about the roles that were on offer, so I had to make my own stories.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

The biggest klutz would be myself, so if I could offer help to myself I would. I'm the most off my game most often.

I was never offered enough, and that's the truth.

I couldn't afford to go to drama school in London. Then I met with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and I fell in love with the city. It was one of the few schools that offered me a place. It didn't do me any harm.

I don't know why I am not offered woman-oriented films. Films like 'Satrangee Re' went house-full at some centres, but I didn't have much to do in the film. Everyone came up to me and said that I looked pretty but nothing beyond that.

Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.

I'm not good at fantasy, no. I have been offered stuff, and I can't get my head around it.

I keep getting offered these women-with-a-disease things.

After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky.

My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive.

At West Ham, I was the last person to be offered a scholarship. I remember an Under 18 match against Fulham. I was 16 and had to prove myself. Everyone else already had their scholarship. It was probably one of my best games. Knowing that every day I'd have to fight has made me into the person I am today.

Before 'Rangeela' happened to me, all that was offered to me were song-and-dance roles.