Quotes About Talent

There's a lot of talent out there with just the normal physique. The 'cross-fit' type physique - that's the new exercise that took over.

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent.

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.

I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer.

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.

I think sometimes actors who have predominately done comedy get a little typecast by some people.

I was typecast for a long time. A lot of people thought all Divine could do was play a loud, beefy blonde.

I've done history; I've done biopics, I've done a little bit of comedy. I just want to keep going and show people that you can't typecast me, you can't pigeonhole me.

I love that I'm a character actress and get to do so many different and interesting roles. There's really no reason that I can't continue on forever, because I've never been typecast as one thing.

I can't be typecast as a comedian. Only an actor capable of doing three-dimensional roles can do comedy.

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

I studied all kinds of dance, all types of music. I got good grades. I started hitting the recording studio around 13.

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

The thing is that my idols have always been the types of guys who could do anything: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Sinatra, Dean Martin; and when you look up to people like that, you don't accept that you need to be compartmentalised.

I have very different kinds of songs - there are these film-music-type of songs, and then metal, metal, metal, ha-ha! These are different kinds of styles, so not every musician can play both types of music.

Any types of auditions will be posted in trade magazines.

Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We are fantastically good at identifying and developing athletic skills - better than we are, really, at almost anything else. We are quite good at developing and rewarding inventiveness.

I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.

I think my children are definitely musically inclined, and they show it, and they're exposed to a lot of it. And they're their own people, and I think easily they could do something musical, or they could do something in acting or film or other types of the arts, and I would fully support it.