Quotes About Talent

There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.

I respect it if you're a really good DJ but you can't produce. What I hate is those who pretend to produce when they have a guy in another room doing all the work. Don't pretend. Everyone will figure it out at the end of the day.

I wouldn't say I always have the talent to do something - I think I definitely probably have a moderate amount of talent - but I can pretend to have confidence or, I guess, charisma... It's so hard to look at myself like that.

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

It's not like I'm pretending to be Freddie Mercury.

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

I believe in content. Just looking pretty next to the hero gives me no joy. I believe I have more to offer than that.

Love Scars' blew up pretty fast.

The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.

I want all the aspiring models out there to know that it's definitely not just a pretty face that matters!

I wanted to be a serious actress rather than a pretty face.

It's important to me that I'm more than a pretty face or another person starring in movies. That's great, but there's so much more than can and should be done.

I've said it before: just being a pretty face ain't going to get you that far. It has to be about whatever the art behind it is and what the message is and what the music is, the purpose.

I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good.

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

I play like I play. You hear it on 'Celebration Day.' It's pretty good for a one-night shot.

They're pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

I entertain people. I think that's pretty good. That's what I contribute to society. I'm proud of what I do.

I love doing my makeup - mostly because I'm pretty good at it. What I can't do is hair!

My dad can shoot pretty good from outside.

I think my ear is pretty good, but I don't have formal training so my ear isn't that good. I know when I like a sound.

I have a pretty good ear.

I've always said I'm pretty good at making mashed potato. I'm a good masher.