Quotes About Talent

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

I went from selling everything to saying, 'I ain't gonna sell that. Can't do it.' It wasn't working for me, so I was just like, 'Yo, I'm going to sell my talent.'

Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people.

Mick Jagger was a lightning bolt of strange talent sent from above.

Industry is not only driven by talent; it depends upon so many factors. If you need to be successful in this field, one should know how to convert everything into a plus point. If you have a dusky face, make that your plus point.

As a boy from Patna, I've always dreamt of a chance to showcase my talent.

Stefan Struve's an amazing talent.

God has blessed me with the in-born talent for which I pour my heart out in the form of music.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

India is a great talent pool of actors. I see Freida Pinto making it big in Hollywood, and I am sure many others can also make it.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I'm just drawn to the odd guy, the man who is full of it, the guy who has limited talent but is pretending he's a genius.

We are working on organising classical music festivals in a bid to promote qawwali there and produce films that promote music. Perhaps people lack the talent as yet, but at least there's a stable platform available to promote this as an art form.

Each of us has a gift, a talent, that we can offer to the world that makes the world essentially a better place.

The captaincy of the national side is a distinction which Messi deserves as he has all the qualities a captain requires - a combative character and immeasurable talent.

I don't think I was a naturally born talent, surely I had some natural attributes, which perhaps helped me in my sport, but generally speaking I wasn't competitive in nature.

I don't think one film is enough to showcase your talent or to show your abilities as an actor.

No, I firmly believe in giving my place to another person. We have a lot of talent back home. I don't want to hang on for just the sake of hanging on.

One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his 'little fat sausage.' But I always knew I had musical talent.

You obviously have to build a culture, a foundation. You must build the right talent however you do it. Then you have to build the systems and the habits.

There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.

Singing well is a talent, which many people may not have.

I think about Ellen DeGeneres, seeing her every single day on a show. Her identity is there every day, but what leads the way is her talent and how much you like her.

I prayed fervently for a series regular job on a show that had the perceived caliber of talent that '30 Rock' had.