Quotes About Talent

Gulzarbhai is a very special artist.

I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special.

Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.

I think the digital world has given actors a better opportunity to present their talent. 'Breathe', especially has given me a lot. It holds a special place in my heart. And when it is on me, I give a lot to it as well.

I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.

For many people in the music conservatory world, the message was always, Focus! 'You can't do everything; you really need to specialize.' And especially at an early age, I ignored this advice.

If we had to pick our group's specialty, it would be performance.

When I went to university, I was a music major. Timpani was my specialty, and voice.

I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I'd audition for comedies and think, 'I can't pull this off.'

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.

You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.

I can rap. Not openly in the world, but it's important that people know! I can rap for a very specific reason, which is that in college I was in an improv comedy group, and we did musical improv.

I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully and let them bring it to life.

I certainly enjoy doing pantomime-y things, but I didn't have any specific training in it.

The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players.

I've always thought really good artists in general are overqualified. You're paid to stand there and do a line, but the guy has probably gone to drama school... but they have developed it to be just, like, one specific line.

My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

I don't have any other skills. Some artists say that to mean that their embodied passion for art gave them no choice. I say it, very specifically, to say that I really didn't have any other options.

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

Frankly, I think it's flattering to be compared to someone like Michael Bolton, who I think is a phenomenal singer with a spectacular range.

Modric is spectacular, but Messi has no comparison with Luka or anyone.

Pep's Barcelona was spectacular. They had a collective style based on players of talent, which sought control and sought to dominate all over the pitch.

I'm not a big metal fan. I love and respect the musicianship, which is spectacular.