Quotes About Talent

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Some of my best men are women!

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

It is less difficult for a woman to obtain celebrity by her genius than to be forgiven for it.

In those rare individual cases where women approach genius they also approach masculinity.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.

I was just born to swing, that's all.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

There are enough women to do the childbearing and the childrearing. I know of none who can write my books.

Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

It's all very well to talk about how it would be great to have a woman driver, a woman with sponsors and marketing, that's all great but to get into that drive you have to perform. That's what I realized early on when I got into Formula One.

I think we all, as drivers, come to the table with a package. It's either your speed and raw talent, your sponsorship money, your nationality. For me, one of my unique selling points is my gender, without a doubt.

I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.

I am a natural actor. I try to keep it spontaneous as far as possible. That is my mantra.

Sometimes you have to spoon feed filmmakers to let them know 'I am capable of this.'

For some people, it's like I can't be a good actress because I grew up with a silver spoon.

I think number one is what my mom and dad preached to me when I was a little kid: Just because you may have athletic ability and you may be able to play a sport doesn't make you any more special than anybody else. Doesn't mean God loves you more than anybody else.

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional.