Quotes About Talent

It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.

It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.

Pebble Mill was packed with a lot of talent and a lot of really, really good stuff came out of Birmingham. It was a tragedy that it closed. It was the most famous TV centre in the country.

I knew Charlie Parker, and he gave us such a gift with his music. He put so much into so little space, and it was tragic that he died so young.

I'm not clever enough to write. It's as basic and tragic as that.

I was maybe halfway through my career, and I was shooting a Nike commercial, and the director came to the trailer and said, 'Hey man, you're really gifted at this. I get a lot of athletes that come in, but you were prepared, and you made everything seem very natural. I really think you should look into this.'

There's actors and actresses who I call 'Trailer Stars' because their importance is expressed by how big their trailers are. And then there are real actors, who are real good people.

It is not enough to have talent alone. You will have to train hard and motivate yourself to do your best. You should learn to live for your sport.

A lot of fighters have skills, they have talent. The one thing that you can't train is a strong mind.

India is a big country. Here people are talented, they are motivated. If they train properly, I see no reason why India won't produce world class cyclists in 10 years.

If you have big talent and don't train it's all over.

My point is if as an actor you can train yourself to sound better than a singer you must sing but if you can't do that then you must not sing.

I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

I am a trained singer in Hindustani and classical music.

I'm not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own... I was going to say skills but they're not really skills, it's just stuff that I know how to do I suppose.

I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that.

I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.

I am not a trained singer, but I love to sing.

I was trained as a fine artist. I went to a progressive public school in Pennsylvania that developed these talents, but I was never able to apply to a decent college because I had no math, no science - I was allowed to just paint all day and write.

I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.