Quotes About Talent

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

During my early acting years, I was told that to succeed, you needed personality, talent, and luck in equal measure. I contest that. For me, it's been 99% luck.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

So what exactly are the rewards of resentment. It is always a relief to know that the reason we have failed in life is not because we lack the talent, energy, or determination to succeed, but because of a factor that is beyond our control and that has loaded the dice decisively against us.

You're not always going to get the outcomes you feel like your talent deserves, that you feel like the big picture deserves. And what's real is how do you respond in those situations?

I don't think it is about talent or looks, it is primarily about box office success.

Talent is the lifeblood of a fast-growing company.

The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap in Bollywood songs, is giving rappers a chance to show their talent and it is coming to the mainstream.

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.

It goes without saying that when it came to musical talent, George was in a completely different league to me - as he was to most people!

I've never been someone that was sort of blessed with an innate talent of just being able to do things. I had to work at it and learn from mistakes.

If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.

People actually aren't moving on from companies much more quickly than in the past, but there's a perception that they do, so companies are investing less in talent on the assumption that young employees won't stay long.

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.

In an arts programme, my job was to go where the talent was. And the talent was in popular culture.

I think I'm one of the only guys here - I mean, we have so much great talent here, but I can do anything. I can literally do anything. That's not me being like, 'Oh I'm so great.' I'm just like, 'I know what I'm doing.'

I insulted people. I had to - they deserved it. They didn't have any talent. They stunk. They were horrible! But it made it for a fun show.

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous.

If you don't have faith on your talent, no one else would.

When I was six, I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.