Quotes About Talent

I used to play the French horn.

I would be a horrible lip-syncher. I would only ever sing live - that's why people come and see the show. It's not the easiest thing in the world to sing and dance at the same time, which is why I'm grateful to be able to do both.

Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.

The thing I worry about is, what happens when your talent flees? Because you see that with writers sometimes: they start writing these awful books. And there's something sort of horrifying about it.

I want to get a hit record, and I know I can be good in horror movies.

Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.

The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible.

I've seen a lot of great players that couldn't get to the top because of horses, and I've seen a lot of normal players that got higher and higher because of horses.

I'm lucky to get jobs where I get these amazing film horses that make me look much better than I am.

The best riders in the world with the best horses make it look so elegant and graceful. When you watch it done well, it looks so easy that it's difficult for the public to understand how hard this really is.

I was like the funny guy in sixth form. When we used to do showcases, I'd host them, and I would do, like, little comedy segments.

I love pop R&B. Thats my first love. Ive been singing since I was in diapers, and I used to host shows for my family and I would get on the coffee table and ask everybody to be quiet and I would sing.

Acting is my passion, but I like hosting shows, too.

I think I have balanced hosting and acting pretty well.

Talent is very hot.

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

I'm so excited to be a judge on MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew.' Dancing and performing is what I do and being a judge on this show will allow me to give creative feedback to the newest and hottest dancers on the rise.

I'm not a household name; I'm just a household name to guitar freaks.

Ask about music growing up, I'll tell you I grew up playing classical music, and I didn't grow up in a musical household.

There are guitars everywhere around all of our houses. Pianos. Guitars. It's kind of just in our blood. It's in our nature.

Being able to train and compete alongside the WWE - which houses some of the world's most talented athletes - is an amazing opportunity.

Before I was a musician, I drew. The housing projects in Brooklyn weren't much of a canvas, people didn't know that I had it in me - but I actually went to an art and design high school.

I know I'm no Whitney Houston.

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.