Quotes About Talent

Since 80% of my career has been devoted to successful commercial cinema, I have always been told that I do not know how to act.

You can't really do comedy if you're working with Ryan Reynolds, eh? He outplays everyone in that field, so I couldn't really 'dial it down,' because he was just so much better than me at comedy.

I'd like to be a scout, go watch the games, and try and find a diamond in the rough.

But while Taya is so good, she is still no diamond. She is still no Tessa Blanchard. I am one of the best in the world!

When you've got money to spend, it's very easy to buy someone worth £50m rather than say, 'I'm going to play this 20-year-old English player.' It's easier to buy someone when you have the money to do it. But at the same time, if you give somebody an opportunity, you never know. You can only roll the dice and see how they perform.

The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

I still have perfect diction!

Lzzy Hale could sing me the dictionary, and I would swoon. She is so amazingly talented, and her voice is absolutely delicious.

But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.

It's not easy trying to match the likes of Diego Forlan, Diego Costa and Radamel Falcao.

Diego Costa and Loic Remy are excellent finishers.

Personally, I always think that players like Diego Forlan are fantastic.

Maradona, yes! Diego was very fast, with good skills and brilliant dribbling. Many players are fast but cannot control the ball, but he was amazing.

What differences were there between Maradona and Platini?

You have to give the Ballon d'Or to the best player in the world at that time. Any differences between what the players are like as individuals should not affect who is chosen for a personal award.

Any opportunity I can get to showcase different characters, I absolutely love.

If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is for me.

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.

Yeah I feel like British wrestling deserves a bigger chance and everyone will see that when it's on the WWE Network. People will realise not just in England, but in all the different countries here, there is a lot of talent.

You come into a team and there are players from all different countries so you have to work to show how good you are.

Most people don't even know that I have another side to me. They only know me as an actor. But I keep doing different kinds of things.

I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors.