Quotes About Talent

But at the end of the day, you can't major in Making Stuff, so it was Art by default.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

My brother Trevor is theatrically trained. I used to watch him when I was younger and I was in love with it. It just seemed really fun to be someone else. So I begged my mom she was hesitant, but she eventually allowed me. And it turned out well, I guess.

Talent is not universal but it is widely spread: Give enough people the capacity to create, and inevitably gems will emerge.

I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began.

I don't know. We've never done anything, have we? We've no talent but conversation.

I can sing and dance. I can smile - a lot.

With his degree from Berkeley, he'd maneuvered his way into entertainment law, which led to managing talent, which eventually led to producing.

All my good movies, nobody sees.

Everybody plays electric guitar, thats why I decided to play bass!

I turn to people for joy and its uniquely human antecedents, like inspiration and desire. I will never tire of hearing talented makers talking about their work. It's like a medicine that might be prescribed to you when you're feeling hopeless.

They were so good that you just had to sing the song to them once and they got it. It's amazing. Sometimes it didn't come out the way you wanted, but it was good.

That's love-driven leadership: the vision to see each person's talent, potential, and dignity; the courage, passion, and commitment to unlock that potential; and the resulting loyalty and mutual support that energize and unite teams.

Mientras Maquiavelo veía el mundo poblado por embaucadores, miedosos y desagradecidos, los jesuitas lo veían a través de un lente muy distinto: veían a cada persona como un ser dotado de singular talento y dignidad.

Trio Los Panchos and listened to the requinto player, we said, 'Shit, this guy

Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.

My movies are okay, but they're not my specials.

its not bad to be different. Sometimes it's the mark of being very very talented.

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

A female piano player is always pretty cool to me.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

I've never watched an entire episode of American Idol. It's too mean. Why would anyone want to go on a show to be ripped apart? I don't want to be tough with my singers, but I do want to tell them on The Voice that if you really want this, you'll be kicked when you're down. You have to be willing to roll with those punches. You have to really want it.

Even when I was little, I knew I was meant to perform. I would watch specials on TV or videos of Janet or Whitney, and I would start crying because I was like "I want that so bad!"