Quotes About Talent

I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear.

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

I love music, and I got an ear for it.

I have a good ear for music.

I had an ear for music and wanted to sing ever since I can remember.

I have done some serious roles earlier and there have been some brilliant comedy roles in my career as well.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

I was on stage from an early age. It always felt to me like something I was born to do.

A lot of people have asked me what's it like being an American player in Europe. 'Do you have to earn more respect because you're American?' But I don't think it's like that at all. I think if you're good, you're good. They don't care where you're from or anything like that.

I didn't learn music because I wanted to become famous or earn a lot of money. It was to follow my father's advice and learn as much as I could about music.

I think there are a lot of good players in the top 20, top 30 that are top-10 players. You got to get there. You got to earn it.

An award should be earned based on an actor's ability and not be just given as a present.

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.

You don't want your personality to eclipse your work because no one would be interested in seeing your work anymore.

I thing Ed Sheeran is fantastic.

Eddie Redmayne is fantastic.

It is always the great challenge when you have a good team and you have good players and you find a way to keep those players with you, then how do you add around the edges?

You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

People assume that if you are an actress, you must not be very educated.

Working with a great actor is really educational.

I've always been a huge John Guare fan. But Edward Albee - he just can't be beat.

I started writing songs when I was eight.

I wrote my first play when I was eight.