I had to keep up with my schoolwork so I could keep up my grades. That was tough to balance both being a superstar onstage but being a normal kid trying to get her math homework done.
I wasn't known as a neighborhood tough or anything like that. But yeah, I was, like, a scrappy kid. You know, I kind of kept to myself, you know?
I came out of the old Second City in Chicago. Chicago actors are more hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding.
Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.
Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents.
The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough.
Being from Serbia makes us tough and eager to prove that we can come from this country that has been through so much and still be successful.
Governments can't escape from taking tough steps. One can't be populist about it. You can't flirt with such serious issues like security.
The journey of shedding weight was tough, but the only good thing was it did not take a toll on my health.
After a sheltered life, I went the other way. I wanted to prove how tough I was.
It was tough coaching Australia. They were so set in their ways because they have been the right ways - but the culture needed changing because the discipline was shoddy.
It's tough for a jump shooter, especially in a triangle offense.
It is very tough to make a short film. It's like writing a short story, which is tougher than writing a novel. You can't afford to faff around; you can't indulge. You have to get to the point.
Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they might just break out a shotgun and take down a passing duck at any given moment. I'm not so sure.
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.
In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens.
Anybody who has traveled with a significant other before knows it's tough.
It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.
The thing that's so tough about 'Broken Skull Challenge' is you're going head-to-head with another human being who may or may not be stronger than you and may or may not want it more than you.
I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.
