Quotes About Talent

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

Mohan Babu garu is one great actor who has withstood so many obstacles over the last 42 years.

Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.

I decided to play the saxophone because it was the most obvious instrument in my family. There were a lot of saxophone players in my family, and there were extra saxophones, so that was an easy one to pick up. It was fun - it was okay - it just wasn't me. It didn't feel like my instrument, so I never followed through.

Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious.

I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word.

I thought I was better at basketball, but obviously people didn't think so. But I loved them equally, whether it be baseball season, basketball, football, golf, I liked them equally.

Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

When I had the wonderful occasion to play a goofball, Jane, in 'Coupling,' it was definitely an homage to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who I just think is a genius.

The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.

Usually, if I want to just listen to something or sing along to something, I'll put on some Gavin DeGraw or some Billy Joel. Occasionally, if I am feeling vocally in really great shape, I will sing Jean Valjean's soliloquy from 'Les Miz' or something.

I can do a really good animal impression! I'm great at ducks, cats, dogs, and occasionally dolphins.

I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.

Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation.

Art is not what most people think it to be. It is not an occupation of one-railed people.

Perhaps the measure of the best art is that it does not excite envy.

No, just as Marlon Brando seemed to inhabit a role as though it were a natural extension of his mood, so Ali treated boxing.

When we were given dominion over the world, we were also given dominion over ourselves. God is not our navigator. It was never His intention to chart a course for each of us and thus place us all under His bondage. Instead, He bestowed each of us with intellect and talent and vision to map our own way, to write our own Book of Life in any manner we choose.

Success is not something that must be deserved or earned. It is more an inherent right—an inherent responsibility. The only qualification for success is that you be you, that you utilize whatever combination of talent you possess to the fullest extent possible.

will capitalize on this difference for it is an asset to be promoted to the fullest.

When we were given dominion over the world, we were also given dominion over ourselves. God is not our navigator. It was never His intention to chart a course for each of use and thus place us all under His bondage. Instead, He bestowed each of us with intellect and talent and vision to map our own way, to write our own Book of Life in any manner we choose.

If there is one sin—or rather one waste—it is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for.

A song should stand on its own and on what a singer does with it. It shouldn't need a lot of extra help to be good.