Audra McDonald Quotes
I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So, anything that's going to help me grow.
Quotes to Explore
-
I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
-
I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
-
Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons.
-
I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
-
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
-
Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been performing the same play for months.
-
When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
-
I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
-
When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.
-
I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.
-
I would like to do something to help people and help the world.
-
Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
-
The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
-
When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.
-
What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.
-
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
-
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.
-
I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better.
-
A coach should be a person who is able to help a player mentally.
-
I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.
-
The true problem of living is to keep our hearts sweet and gentle in the hardest conditions and experiences.
-
Play the pentatonic blues scale, just for fret- and pick-hand dexterity and to mesh them both together.
-
Every person goes through a bad phase. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, too, had a rough phase in their careers. In my case, it was unfortunate that my personal problems came up at a time when I took a break to rejuvenate myself.
-
I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So, anything that's going to help me grow.
