Quotes About Talent

No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't think anyone can argue that it was a false performance.

The Apollo is where all the greats performed.

When my father was very young, he performed in Billy Rose's Aquacade.

I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre.

I painted sets before I ever performed.

I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that.

I've always performed magic as a kid.

My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night.

Panja Vaisshnav Tej is such a talented actor. He competed with experienced actors and performed very well.

Alisson is a top-class goalkeeper, from what I've seen. He performed brilliantly for Roma, and for Brazil as well.

Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different things. That gives me a lot of confidence that look and all do not always matter.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

I always considered myself a performer. It's what God gave me. It doesn't matter if one person hears it or a million.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I think I'm not a natural performer; I think I'm an actor.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer.

I don't want to be a bad performer in a good film.

Any actor can be glamorous, but not everybody can be a performer. That's why I'm focusing more on the performance side. I feel that's what even people want from me.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.