Quotes About Talent

I think I'm a very intuitive actress.

What I realized halfway through writing romance is that you start out intuitive, and you make all these choices mostly based on yourself and what you like and what talent you have, and... if you want to have any quality control over your product, you have to stop being intuitive and start being more of an analyst.

Casting someone capable of the job who also happens to put bums on seats has always been invaluable to a producer.

I love a drink. But I've never, ever in my life been on a stage and done a performance with an alcoholic drink inside me. Never have, never would. I've seen people who do and invariably they're never as good as they think they are.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

I think the hardest part, and where we have to stay the most disciplined, as much as you want a player, you can't invent him if he doesn't exist.

I invented every shot that has ever been played.

We were very kooky and inventive, and it didn't take long for my parents to realize we should all be auditioning for things.

It's hard to come across someone who can look past an artist who is larger and just see them for the talent they are and have them be willing to invest what's necessary to make them a star.

One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.

What I love about our league is that players have an opportunity in their career to be a free agent and decide where they want to invest their time and their talent, in whatever team and whatever system. They deserve that right. They've earned that right.

People love storylines. They love them because at some point, the talent will get people emotionally invested.

The only two things that ever came naturally to me are music and investing.

Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.

After the NFLPA game, coaches were coming up to me and saying, 'We didn't even know who you were, we didn't even know your name; we weren't supposed to be even looking at you, but man, we have no choice.' And, like, the NFLPA game, I wasn't even invited until the last minute.

My family wasn't involved in music, but I love music.

My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.

For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry's in Dublin.

There's talented players in the Ireland set-up and if we can get all us gelling together, you'll have a good team.

My driving and irons are the best part of my game. Growing to be 5-foot-11 has certainly helped.

Ironically at drama school I was told I didn't have a voice conducive for radio.

Your gender becomes irrelevant when you are in a performance-based environment.

Pirlo is an irreplaceable player.

I think, first of all, director Park Shin-woo, of course, is extremely talented and his talent is irresistible.