“My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to only do something that I think will challenge me and that I, personally and very subjectively, I think is good not do something because I think it will bring me a lot of money or bring me a lot of awards. I've tried to very, very rigorously be highly subjective about what I do. And that's something that I think I have basically lived by.” ThinkingWritingTryingActorsChallengesDecisionInspireFellowsSticksAwardsLots Of MoneySubjectiveGood Writing Author:Glenn Close
“When you're on the set, and sometimes, because it's been so complex and the writers have been really writing, sometimes up until the last minute... And you kind of sit back; you separate yourself from your brain, and you say, let me see if you can do this. And that's the kind of challenge I like.” IfsWritingKindHas BeensSometimesLastsCan DoChallengesBrainMinutesLet MeComplexesLast Minute Author:Glenn Close
“So you have the challenge of just learning the lines, period, and not only learning them, but learning them to the extent that you assimilate them, so that you're not worried about what the next word is coming out of your mouth when it comes to doing a scene. And you're also in the trenches with the writers, just in the wonderful kind of back and forth of how is it best to say something, even if it involves four or five words. I love that kind of thing.” IfsKindNextChallengesLinesFiveFourWonderfulPeriodsSceneMouthsWorriedComing OutBack And ForthTrenches Author:Glenn Close
“One of the things about Scrubs is that it's about great friendships and... as broad and as serious as we get it's always really about friendship. It's about getting through the challenging parts of your life with the help of your friends.” HelpingChallengesSeriousBroadsAbout FriendshipGreat FriendGreat Friendship Author:Zach Braff
“I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I think would be nice to shine a light into. The destination of any interesting drama is that you shine a light into a place that not many people know about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanLightWould BeChallengesInterestingEnvironmentNiceDramaShapesShiningDestinationBeing Nice Author:Tom Hardy
“I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.” ThinkingWayTryingHas BeensMadeBookPlayCharacterSeemsEvilChallengesInterestingCastsMade ItComicComic BookTornPhoenix Author:Famke Janssen
“I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.” ThinkingBigsActorsTermChallengesLevelsStudiosBudgetsBig Challenges Author:Famke Janssen
“I think all of us struggle with how to keep relationship alive. And yet it can't be static either. It's never going to be how it was when you first met because you're not in that place anymore; you're not necessarily the same people. So, that's the struggle - you're trying to make the relationship move forward with the rest of your life and make it special and meaningful. And I think it's incredibly challenging.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsMovingChallengesStruggleAliveSpecialMetsMeaningfulMoving ForwardRest Of Your LifeStatic Author:Julianne Moore
“When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and it's still a challenge.” StillsHardFunChallengesActingHard Work Author:Dakota Fanning
“François Mitterrand was a student of architecture, he had done a lot of research before he called me. He said, "You did something special at the National Gallery of Art in Washington - you brought the new and the old together." But John Russell Pope finished the West Building in 1941, so when the East Building opened it was only about 40 years old. But the Louvre is 800 years old! A much bigger design challenge.” YearsArtSaidDoneTogetherChallengesSpecialDesignStudentsBuildingResearchBiggerWestFinishedEastArchitecturePopeGallerySomething SpecialLouvre Author:I. M. Pei
“Many of the projects I'm most proud of are tall buildings, especially the housing projects. In New York I have two: one in Kips Bay and one at New York University. At that time, those projects were most challenging.” TwoChallengesNew YorkBuildingProudProjectsUniversityTallHousingTall Buildings Author:I. M. Pei
“Having emotional connections to things that don't really exist, like looking at a green ball and really loving that green ball, and being sad whether it's around or not. Stuff like that. I've never done acting at this level before so it was a huge challenge for me. It was a hurdle to overcome just to survive.” DoneStuffChallengesLevelsActingEmotionalHugeConnectionsOvercomingBallsGreenHurdleBeing SadEmotional Connection Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think the challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings.” ThinkingShouldFeelingsChallengesShould HaveFamiliar Author:Steven Conrad
“I'm not sure what it would mean to have "made it." Made what? Yes, I can make a decent living in show business, so if that's the criteria, then I've made it. But that doesn't feel that important to me. The stuff that matters to me are the new challenges. I know that sounds hokey, but it's true.” IfsKnowsFeelsMeanMadeI CanImportantMatterShowsStuffSoundChallengesMade ItNot SureDecentShow BusinessCriteriaNew ChallengesYes I CanStuff That Matters Author:Michael Ian Black
“One of the things that is always difficult about a collaboration is that you don't necessarily find the same thing funny. And so the challenge becomes, how do you tell the other person that you don't think something's funny? The best collaborations tend to be when you are willing to be told that. But there's also ego involved, and so there's a lot of frustration in knowing that you're writing something, and the other person, on some level, needs to think that it's funny.” ThinkingNeedsWritingPersonsDifficultChallengesLevelsKnowingWillingInvolvedEgoFrustrationCollaboration Author:Michael Showalter
“The movie that you'll be in is a new challenge. Photography is just the shot - one day, two days - and the next day you're gone.” TwoNextChallengesGoneOne DayPhotographyShotsNext DayTwo DaysNew Challenges Author:Patrick Demarchelier
“For me, the new pictures are what I'm thinking about every day. The past is the past, no? Every day is a new challenge.” ThinkingPastChallengesNew Challenges Author:Patrick Demarchelier
“I particularly love theater, I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.” TryingLongFunChallengesInterestingTheater Author:Malcolm McDowell
“I don't consider myself very brave in any sense. I'm interested in this kind of behavior. My job is to try to make it realistic and emotionally resonant. That's the most challenging thing, to bring emotional resonance to what you do as an actor.” TryingKindJobsActorsChallengesEmotionalBehaviorBraveRealisticResonance Author:Julianne Moore
“I like to challenge myself and give myself a timeline. It pushes me to be more creative and actually do these things, not just dream about them.” GivingDreamChallengesCreativeTimelines Author:Balthazar Getty
“The deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me, but it's also just interesting. Those are the things I like to watch. I like to watch the evolutions of something.” CharacterChallengesInterestingWatchesEvolutionDeeperLayers Author:Edward Norton
“When you're playing a character for 10 years, it can challenge you less than it did at the beginning, so it was exciting to take on some new shoes. Especially with Erich Blunt, because being a tech wizard wasn't something I thought I would do after Harry Potter.” YearsCharacterChallengesExcitingShoesHarry PotterWizardsPottersBluntNew Shoes Author:Tom Felton
“We need to recognize the incredible challenges that so many parents face, especially working moms. We need to join the rest of the advanced world.” WorldNeedsFacesParentChallengesMomIncrediblesWorking Mom Author:Bernie Sanders
“Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics.” LittlesGivenChallengesProjectsMajorsAssKicksMelodyDistractionInventing Author:Andrew Bird
“I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.” DoneChallenges Author:Isaac Hayes
“If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.” IfsThinkingLittlesHelpingCertainValuesSongChoicesChallengesMy OwnCreatingSkinsWeightGreekInternalsRitualImaginaryCypriots Author:Andrew Bird
“I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way that makes me better as an actor.” IfsThinkingWayActorsOpportunityChallengesDecision Author:Dane DeHaan
“I don't see the point of being an actor and doing the same thing, all the time. Where's the challenge there?” ActorsChallenges Author:Nick Frost
“The medical operations are so challenging because they're so technical, as well. I assumed before we started that we would do the classic thing, when it comes to the operations, that we would do all of these inserts with real doctors.” WellsRealChallengesDoctorsMedicalOperationsClassicInsert Author:Clive Owen
“When you're doing those operation scenes, you not only have to be on top of the dialogue and the rhythm of the dialogue and what's happening dramatically, but you've got to technically get the rhythm right, so that everything is fitting with the dialogue at the right time. And you're performing the operation to the audience that's watching it. Thackery has to present it, as well. In some ways, that's the most challenging.” WayWellsChallengesAudienceSceneHappeningsDialogueRhythmOperationsPerformingRight TimeFitting Author:Clive Owen
“The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?” StillsActorsChallengesConsciousnessMovieBeaten Author:Johnny Depp
“It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.” GivingHardStuffChallengesAdvicePressureInstitutions Author:Nick Swardson
“I think there are always gonna be challenges and people throwing themselves at you in a nondiscreet way. But it's just so public now that you have to be careful saying hi or giving somebody a hug, because then somebody will turn it into something else.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingTurnsChallengesCarefulThrowingBe CarefulHugSaying Hi Author:Julianne Hough
“One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being something that keeps you company-background music, something that you have on while you're flipping through a magazine, cooking dinner, talking on the phone, putting the kids to bed.” KidsPastChallengesCompanyTalkingAudienceTelevisionBedCookingPhonesDinnerBackgroundsMagazinesAccustomedBackground MusicTalking On The PhoneCooking Dinner Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.” PeopleMovingChallengesBack And Forth Author:Danger Mouse
“For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no expiration date on it. At the same time, you might wake up tomorrow and be unable to write music.” WritingMightChallengesTalentTomorrowWake UpAlbumsTangible Author:Jay-Z
“What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.” WritingJobsReadingStuffChallengesFictionToo MuchRelaxationDay JobsReading Fiction Author:Charles Stross
“Poetry must be capable of answering the challenge of apocalytpic times, even if this means sounding apocaltypic.” IfsMeanChallengesCapable Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“If I'm not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I'm going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining.” PeopleIfsChallengesMy OwnViewsComfortablePicksSkinsWho I AmEntertaining Author:Mila Kunis
“It's funny because being comedic and happy and lighthearted is who I am as a person, so they're easier emotions for me to connect with. The challenge is accessing pain, angst, depression. . . It's more exciting because it gives me somewhere to go and allows me to tap into a part of myself that everyone can relate to.” GivingPersonsPainChallengesEmotionEasierExcitingGive MeWho I AmRelateAngstComedic Author:Lindsay Lohan
“I think being a woman in Hollywood is a big enough challenge. It really is. I don't want to be one of those people who complain. But the lack of roles out there - it's unbelievable.” PeopleThinkingWantEnoughBigsChallengesRolesHollywoodComplainingUnbelievableBeing A Woman Author:Eva Mendes
“It's challenging being a woman. There are other kinds of obstacles that come your way, but there are many times that being Latin has actually helped me, being a Cuban-American has helped me.” WayKindChallengesObstaclesLatinBeing A WomanCuban Author:Eva Mendes
“I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.” ImportantIdeasChallengesHollywoodTurf Author:Bruno Dumont
“The biggest challenge for me in every film is believing that what I have to say is important enough to have lots of people collaborate to make a whole movie. I work on this belief every day.” PeopleBelieveImportantEnoughWholeFilmBeliefChallenges Author:Josephine Decker
“So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to figure out how to make 10 films a career as a filmmaker, and that's a really challenging thing.” MadeStillsStoriesFilmChoicesChallengesCareersIssuesFiguresPsychologicalFilmmakerMelodrama Author:Ira Sachs
“I think our insecurities are our biggest challenges, and we all have them. Trust me, I've got plenty of my own.” ThinkingChallengesMy OwnPlentyInsecurityTrust Me Author:Abby Huntsman
“"Oscillate Wildly" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of what's possible.” WayFirstsStoriesChallengesHeroFirst LoveGuarded Author:Travis Mathews
“For me to start working, projects have to catch my attention whether they are here (in the USA) or in Mexico. All I want is to be involved in projects that are interesting to me, projects that are a challenge wherever they may happen, in Spain, in China, or in Hollywood.” WantMayHappensChallengesInterestingAttentionInvolvedProjectsHollywoodChinaUsaMexicoSpain Author:Kate del Castillo
“I'm still fighting to get the things I want and to do the projects I want to do. I think it will always be a fight or a challenge, but not being in my comfort zone keeps me very excited and happy.” ThinkingWantStillsFightingChallengesComfortProjectsExcitedZoneComfort Zone Author:Kate del Castillo
“The biggest challenge in making movies, boring but true answer is money - you never have enough, so everything gets bootstrapped to death! I learned not only how to be better filmmakers because of it but better janitors, better drivers and better negotiators with cops who wanted to shut me down. You have to get creative.” EnoughChallengesCreativeBoringFilmmakerCopJanitor Author:Negin Farsad