“It's got to be a challenge but at the same time you have to feel as though you can play them - it's really dangerous to want to be a part of something just because you think it's going to be great. I've been sent plenty of scripts where I've known that it's going to be a great film and a successful one, but I just couldn't convince myself that I was the right person for the part. So, I think you have to be careful with that.” ThinkingWantFeelsPersonsPlayFilmChallengesKnownSuccessfulDangerousScriptsCarefulPlentyConvinceBe CarefulRight PersonGreat Film Author:Eric Bana
“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from these experiences creatively. I really, really learned so much about acting, about myself... all of those things. It's difficult to talk about the actor's process without sounding like an arrogant asshole but they really were very challenging.” YearsPersonsI CanPlayFactsAbleActorsOpportunityProcessDifficultTermChallengesActingReaderLifetimeRevolutionaryArrogantApril Author:Kate Winslet
“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
“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
“One challenge of growing up in the twenty-first century will be to acquire a self-definition that can encompass person and planet, socially constructed self and transcendent being, organism and machine.” FirstsPersonsSelfChallengesGrowing UpGrowingCenturyPlanetsMachinesTwentiesDefinitionsAcquireOrganismsTranscendent Author:Walter Truett Anderson
“Mel Gibson is my friend. I love Mel. He's not the person that I hear people are often trying to diminish. Whatever his challenges are in life, he still remains someone I'm very close to.” PeopleTryingPersonsStillsChallengesMy FriendsRemainsDiminish Author:Danny Glover
“When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).” IfsWantPersonsChallengesSucceedBoundsStartingObstaclesQuittingEncountersEndeavorSaneTowelsStarting A BusinessRoadblockDuh Author:Richard Branson
“Your color doesn't define your brain nor your soul. You can stand next to any human being and challenge that person as long as you use your brain.” HumansPersonsLongSoulUseNextChallengesHuman BeingsBrainColorYour Soul Author:Angelique Kidjo
“People relate to life being challenging and hard, and still trying to keep a positive attitude and keep going. If you're alone, there's nothing wrong with that. That's fine. But, finding the right person is something that you would really like and hope for.” PeopleIfsTryingPersonsStillsHardChallengesAttitudeFineFindingsRelatePositive AttitudeKeep GoingRight PersonKeep A Positive AttitudeFinding The Right Person Author:Charlotte Ross
“I think the challenge is, in fashion everybody wants to get rich and famous and it's easy to get rich and famous by being a bad person. But the challenge is to achieve your goals-whatever they are-while staying a decent human being. That's where it came from.” ThinkingWantHumansPersonsEasyGoalChallengesHuman BeingsRichAchieveFashionDecentStayingGet RichEasy To GetAchieving Your Goals Author:Katharine Hamnett
“My standards are so high because of who I serve but it doesn't put any water on my fire for winning. I'm still an intense person. You can be intense and saved. You can compete and still be saved. You can challenge a guy and still be saved. There was nothing soft about me as a player and there isn't anything soft about me as a coach. You want to be a man of integrity and you want the players to know that you care about them. Whether or not they still like you or not is a whole other deal.” KnowsMenWantPersonsStillsWholeCareGuyWinningWaterChallengesDealsFirePlayerLike YouIntegrityStandardsCoachesSavedIntenseBe A ManMan Of Integrity Author:Avery Johnson
“I am always suspicious of the formulation that "politics" has prevented a great idea from being enacted by government. Politics IS government, in a democratic society. It's a challenge for school reformers, like reformers in any realm, to build a popular constituency for their work. If the people it's supposed to benefit vote against it, that tells me that the person pushing reform lacks political skill. And political skill is a good thing.” PeopleIfsPersonsIdeasGovernmentSchoolPoliticalChallengesSkillsBenefitsVoteGood ThingsDemocraticReformRealmsPushingSuspiciousGreat IdeaDemocratic SocietyReformersGovernment Politics Author:Nicholas Lemann