Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
From Drew Barrymore to Robert Downey Jr., there's a long list of people who have faced their troubles, wildly overcome them, and succeeded.
Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.
A thing that really troubles me about a more polarized society is that you stop having a sense of society and citizenship.
Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.
Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
To edit someone from your life must be a properly evaluated decision. After all, the act of distancing yourself is difficult and, if executed improperly, could prove even more troublesome than if you were to have done nothing at all. The key is to create the distance gradually - a 'fade out' as I like to call it.
The characters I've played as an actress have been really challenging and emotionally rewarding, but there was just something missing. I was finding over and over again that directors were looking to me to help with troubles on set as far as characters' relationships, special effects and story points were concerned.
I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.
We spend more time developing means of escaping our troubles than we do solving the troubles we're trying to escape from.
