Quotes About Talent

Some people just have a natural gift and some people really have to work at it and I'm more of the second kind. I always had to grind it out, where from him it just flowed.

We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost.

Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.

I don't think it's the case that 'posh actors' get more work than others.

My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of very great actors. And they're too different to say who's the best.

I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.

When you hire somebody, you shouldn't have to tell them [a lot of what] to do; you hire them because you like their work and all you've got to do is tweak them a little bit.

A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they're doing work that most any trained person could do.

One thing I've been doing since I was a little kid and that's score touchdowns so if somebody needs somebody to get in the red zone and do some work, I could probably still do that pretty well.

When you're working with the best of the best, I'm not gonna put that on hold so I can work with people who studied the best of the best.

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

Sometimes you choose the wrong actor, he could be the best actor ever, but hes not cast in the right part then it doesnt work.

I remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.

For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.

I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work.

Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.

Alison Lohman is an amazing actress. I was so proud to work with her.

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from.