Quotes About Struggle

I've not been the most athletic person.

There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.

I've seen a lot of athletic juggernauts throughout high school, college, even the NFL who can't play the game.

I don't have rights. Let's put it this way: in athletics, I don't have rights.

It's very hard to win anything in athletics.

I grew up working class in Atlanta.

Many times, people attack the well-to-do people. They see an opportunity.

You'll always have someone attacking you in some way. But it's weird from someone who's never met you.

There have been many attacks on my company.

Anyone can have a bad night and anyone can have a bad attempt at comedy.

Even as a sitting MP from a party, I wasn't spared. Azam Khan harassed me. He attempted an acid attack on me.

I had 14 failed attempts at having kids.

I was one of the worst attorneys. I didn't enjoy law.

L.A. to me is not really an attractive place.

The more you do, the more attrition you experience.

I hope that audiences understand that there is a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address, that there has always been a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address. In fact, our country is built on the precariousness of black lives, the disposability of black lives.

When you start out acting, you dream of getting an agent and getting a job. For years, you audition and you get what you can. Choice isn't something that you have much of.

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.

I never get a role if I audition for it.

I know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with an accent. I still have an accent to some degree.

I know a lot of times you don't even get the opportunity to audition for people you really want to work with because there is a business angle involved.

I don't think I'll ever get to a place where I'm super kumbaya coming into an audition room.