Quotes About Talent

Switching from acting to cricket isn't difficult, because I have represented Delhi in the under-19 category. Plus cricket is in my blood.

I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great.

It's very hard to do that many things at the same time - having to dance and sing and be on a horse with a sword. It does get quite confusing.

I still got bars, I just use 'em differently. I'd say I'm a better singer than I am a rapper at this point because I've been sharpening my sword.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

After 'Jungle,' people have realized that I'm not just a sex symbol.

I wouldn't want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.

I'm not a big fan of trying to be a sex symbol or any of that stuff because I really like the music to speak for itself.

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.

My parents once caught me conducting Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony.'

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.

I don't like karaoke. But maybe that's why I'm so perfect for 'Lip Sync Battle,' because I get to still hear the song I love and watch the performances that I love without having to hear someone sing.

I get recognized more for my 'Lip Sync Battle' than I do for being Spider-Man.

There's drag queens who lip sync brilliantly. There's drag queens who sing live brilliantly - none of those are me.

I love what I'm seeing out there with Pro Wrestling Syndicate, Northeast Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, and WildKat in New Orleans. There is a lot of good stuff out there.

I am a big self-doubter. I suffer from Impostor Syndrome. Whenever I start a new job, I think: 'I'm going to be found out.' I don't have a huge ego or enormous belief in my own talent.

As an artist I'm very aware of what I call Picasso-napkin syndrome - I've got this 20th century version of the midas touch, where if I do a little doodle it's worth money!

There were so many people after that first 'Colbert Report' interview that were impressed by the synergy we had during the interview. People everywhere we'd go would say, 'You should be the bandleader; it would be great for jazz. It would be great for the music.' But I was completely against it.

Obsession is a synonym for magic. Magic is a synonym for genius. It's a knack. It's an aptitude.

Success and singing is not synonymous.