Quotes About Talent

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.

Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

Stevie Wonder doing 'We Can Work It Out' by the Beatles is one of my favorite records of all time.

Talent without work is useless, thank God

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I don't care how someone lives or how good their spoken English is. I do all of my interviews on Skype text chat - all that matters is their work.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

I really love Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Edward Norton. I also like Ryan Gosling and Rick Bentley. And of the girls I like Naomi Watts and Juliette Binoche, and I would like to work with...

Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.

Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other actors look really, really good.

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

I was told that I was good in my dance movement classes and that I should concentrate on dance because it would enhance my ability to get acting work.

I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.

As long as my work continues to speak for itself outside of what I look like, I'm okay.

By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended.

Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.

If you work with Jim Carrey, you're working with the best.

I have less control over how I'm cast and the jobs that I get than people would imagine. Most of us don't have control over that, but I think it's a preponderance of your body of work.

There are some very creative people out there who are like Steven Meisel, and that is why their work is so extraordinary.

Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?

Your work speaks for you. Your art defines you.

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.