Quotes About Talent

The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.

My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.

For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out here.

I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

I very seldom said no, and I was aided and abetted by my husband, who realized that the one thing I could do was to be a very good actress, by his note.

There are many places that people can produce really good food. I wouldn't limit it to an area of the country, it's what the chefs have in them.

I think that if you don't enjoy doing something you are not going to be good at it.

There's no such thing as good voices. Because there's no such thing as bad voices. There are only good actors and bad actors.

I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.

I'm very wary with impressions - I don't think I'm very good at impressions, I hate doing them.

As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.

I guess my guitar parts are usually precise, but the execution of those parts is downright treacherous, since I'm not very good on guitar.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

If you can't be good, be good at it!

You've seen the first issue and what happened in the last page. Some pretty awful stuff. I don't know why I seem to be very good at drawing it!

I like the fact that Chris Rock is one of the best stand ups ever and still is a really good actor. And a great professional and a good friend and a wonderful human being.

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.

I've turned down good directors before because I knew the part didn't speak to me and I've worked with less talented directors before because the part I had such passion for.

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.