Quotes About Talent

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.

There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him.

Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.

I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

My mother sent me to dance and drama classes when I was young, and then I got a stage role in 'Set To Partners' when I was 12, followed by Benjamin Britten's 'Let's Make An Opera.'

I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.

Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the level of the gods.

I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.

I've been told I'd make a great parts model.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.

It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

I really worked to try and be creative enough on the guitar parts so those who aren't real educated would know that there was some difficulty in doing it.

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.

I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working out how music was put together, and I was good at being at the back, but if you asked me to sing up front, then I looked like I was going to pass out.

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!

The lucky person passes for a genius.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

I like Jorginho, the way he plays and passes.

I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on.