Quotes About Talent

If I could palm a ball I probably could have more dunks than I have in my career, but I still can get the job done.

My brother's a blast to direct; he's one of those great characters who brings so much to every scene he's in, and we're pals.

Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl who played young Mako in 'Pacific Rim,' it makes no difference - I like actors with a very strong centre.

There are many designers who have much greater talent as a designer than I do, but they may not have my drive, they may not work as hard, they may not have the focus, the desire... You have to have a talent because, at the end of the day, if the pants you design don't make someone's butt look great, they're not going to buy them.

You can't teach an ear, you can't teach talent, but you can teach people who have those things not to just fly by the seat of their pants.

I like the look of all-rounder Ben Stokes. I usually have no interest in comparing new players with myself, but there are some interesting parallels here.

Novelists tend to go off at 70, and I'm in a funk about it, I've got myself into a real paranoid funk about it, how the talent dies before the body.

I am very blessed to have this experience of being a parent, but do not negate me from this industry because I am a parent.

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

'Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

I love guys like Charlie Parker.

Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young.

No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

It is often said there is a great deal of talent in the Conservative Parliamentary Party. This is true, but too many of the brightest and best remain on the backbenches.

There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.

I've always been partial to good players. If someone is a good player I'm interested.

I acted in a Punjabi serial 'Saude Dillan De' when I was eight years old and after that I was among the top five participants in a dance show judged by Aamir Khan.

I was a part of my school choir and used to participate in several singing competitions back then.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I was particularly good at math and science.