Quotes About Talent

I haven't gotten jobs because I'm famous or I have a big Twitter feed - it's primarily directors. People employ me because I'm right for the part. But then, everybody needs a bit of luck, being in the right place at the right time. You just gotta be in that place for that opportunity to come by.

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

Bob Rondeau was a seminal voice in my young broadcasting career. The two people that I really monitored were Vin Scully and Bob Rondeau. And they both had an amazing talent. They were word efficient.

Tim Minchin and Daniel Kitson are the two people that when I see them, I think I could never be that funny or that clever.

I saw the kid playing Simba on stage and I thought, 'I can do that, nothing special there,' and then two weeks later, I saw auditions in the newspaper and I asked if I could go, and I lucked out and got it.

I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.

I feel like I'm one of the rare cases in this league of a two-way player. I feel like it's hard for certain people to be able to coach me because of that.

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

For myself and Tyler Bate to go out there and show what we can do in front of an audience that probably isn't that familiar with what we do, I'm grateful.

I remember Steven Tyler coming up to me once. He was like, 'Oh my god, you have a God given talent,' and I freaked out. He's so sweet.

Tyler Breeze is an incredible talent. I worked with him a little bit in NXT, but not to the level where I had hoped.

I've been a fan of one particular guy since I first saw him in 'Ring of Honor' eight years ago. He was Tyler Black then, but he's Seth Rollins now. And I think he's just the whole package.

As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.

You couldn't make a Steve Vai. That's a one-in-a-billion type of personality that comes out together with an incredible talent facility. You grow it; you help them grow it. Hopefully, it matures, and they don't hit any roadblocks along the way.

You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.

No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

Judy Garland was a different type of entertainer. She was a dancer, a singer, and an incurable romantic.

Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.

It's just the way I'm set up, being that once-in-a-generation, once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-an-era type of star.