Quotes About Struggle

It's hard academically for an ADD sufferer - but, doing something they love, they can be the most focused person of all.

Back in 1995, I was young, fresh out of the academy and jobless.

I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent.

I could never get cast with an Indian accent. I was not getting cast.

Going 3-13 is not acceptable.

Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman.

I'm not good at accepting help.

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not accepting that there are roles that aren't for me.

The story of John Nash is an amazing, powerful journey. But as unique as this man is, his story is also very accessible because it is so heartbreakingly human.

When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.

I don't know the accident of still being married. I was the worst human being. But we were, I guess, in love. So much has happened to us to bring us together and keep us together.

At heart, I'm not an actor, I'm an accident.

Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.

It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.

From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do. In general, artists feel that you're never really allowed to accomplish what you would like to accomplish because there's just so much of this system that gets in the way; the business gets in the way of the art.

Nothing has been easy for me... I've always had to work for everything I've gotten and everything I've accomplished.

You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

Making it to the NFL is a huge accomplishment. Making it in the NFL is a huge accomplishment, but I haven't done that yet. No matter how many games we've played, it's still hard to figure out when you've made it in the NFL.

I don't feel like what I've done are 'accomplishments.'

There are times when things are not going according to plan, and of course, you never want those times.

I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship.

I'm accustomed to being harassed.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.