logo

Quotes About Talent

There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.
~ Maynard Webb
People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.
~ Melanie Griffith
Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.
~ Michael Clarke Duncan
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
~ Pat Metheny
There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work
~ Paul LePaul
Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
~ Philip Seymour Hoffman
It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
~ Plutarch
I put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life.
~ Oscar Wilde
It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.
~ Renee O'Connor
Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.
~ Rick Astley
Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.
~ Robert Fripp
Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.
~ Thomas S. Buechner
I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.
~ Willem Dafoe
The right man can make a good job out of any job.
~ William Feather
Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn't work hard, but you can't teach what he can do.
~ Unknown
The fact that I fell into this seemed more like a stroke of good fortune than hard work. Not to say that I didn't work hard, but it wasn't like, "I'm going to be a musician."
~ Jack Tatum
If you love music and you are good in it, you will be fine. But be prepared to have to work hard.
~ Nigel Godrich
I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.
~ Alex O'Loughlin
You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.
~ Amber Heard
Collaboration is the best way to work. It's the only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.
~ Antony Starr
I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error.
~ Tom Kenny
There are probably guys who could be superstars but aren't because they didn't work at it.
~ Vijay Singh
I would love to work with Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I think they're wonderful actors.
~ Catherine Deneuve
If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.
~ Charles Barkley