Quotes About Talent

Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.

For people who want to get into the voiceover industry, even if you want to get into commercial, you need to become a really, really good actor.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

It's smart to have a set of younger actors. People don't always want to look at me. They want to look at other people.

Id love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!

A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'

I really wish I could sing so I could front a band, because that would be a dream come true, totally. I want to sing. Can't do it though.

I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.

I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can't play piano and sing that good.

I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.

I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'.

Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on Glee anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.

I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano.

There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

I'm certainly not a f**king fashion consultant. Don't call me if you want to know how to dress. I just rap. That's all I really know how to do.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.

She glared at him. 'You've started, haven't you?' 'No, lass. You did. Remember what I said about natural talent? You've got it by the bucketful.' 'I never cry,' she said as he led her off the trail into the adjacent forest. 'Of course not,' he replied. 'You've got the warren right there in your head, and you've spent most of your life manipulating it like a High Mage. Anything to keep going, right?