Quotes About Talent

I'm a third generation Californian, and there's a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I'm just happy to be working and lucky to be working.

Music's been a huge passion of mine since I was really young. I started playing guitar when I was thirteen.

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

Starting with 'Thirteen,' my known technique is to cast the lead, then find someone with whom they have incredible chemistry.

I know I wanted to be a comic when I was nine. I was thirteen the first time I did it. I was attending a Methodist Church youth retreat at the University of Southern Alabama. They held a talent show on the last night. I won, and then I made out with a 14-year-old girl from Prattville, Alabama.

I always ran very fast and jumped very high but when I was about thirteen it was more of a choice between football and tennis, and I went for tennis.

To be very objective, I am here in this field for thirty five years, and I always knew that Shahid has an incredible capability as an actor.

This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.

I'm a fan boy when it comes to Michael Buble. He's just so good at 'it'. He's got a voice of this generation, but he's like a time capsule; he's got a voice that could have fit in anywhere over the last hundred years. It's stellar.

I believe that I am one of the greats of this generation.

There are a lot of directors I'd still love to work with. Paul Thomas Anderson is someone I'd love to work with. I think Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is very talented. Ang Lee is very talented. I mean, there are a lot of people. There are many great directors out there.

I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.

I think Isaiah Thomas has been a really nice player for the Kings.

Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew.

I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.

I actually thought I wanted to be Thomas Wolfe, but I didn't have the talent. So I thought I could edit Thomas Wolfe.

Donnie Thomas is simply a superlative linebacker with everything it takes to be an all-American.

Thomas Muller is an excellent player.

We are not really skilled musicians. I mean, I can play a little bit of guitar. Thomas can play piano.

Every now and then we get one voice which stands out, a really unique voice we embrace, like a Josh Thomas.

Judi Dench is incredible. She takes acting to another level. She is a thorough professional. She is always smiling and cheerful. She painstakingly rehearses with co-stars and allows you to be natural.

As an actor, you have got to learn your job as thoroughly as you can. If you know your job, then there's nothing that can stop you. Because the bottom line is that only good actors will get work.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.