Quotes About Skill

I think if an actor is not able to pronounce their own dialogues, no matter what language, you are not an actor.

There is a fluency and an ease with which true mastery and expertise always expresses itself, whether it be in writing, whether it be in a mathematical proof, whether it be in a dance that you see on stage, really in every domain. But I think the question is, you know, where does that fluency and mastery come from?

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.

I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.

The Internet has perceived me as this fantastic dancer. I can still do a couple pirouettes, but I am by no means a proper dancer.

I am a very bad cook. I can never make proper Indian food.

Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself.

I want to learn how to ride a bike properly - not like a runner.

I believe and find in my study of art that the real artist is nine-tenths of the time a craftsman, and it is only in that small one-tenth of the time that he rises to the elevated position of a prophet and a master.

I watch golf, just looking at the pros, and I'm in awe of how they play. Not one particular player - maybe all the players.

I think a lot of guys think they can do voice acting, but when you hear the pros and they are so great... that's a little intimidating.

For me, I have a bunch of friends back home in Canada who play online all the time - so we get mic'd up, join the same party, and just play. We are good enough to compete with 'Call of Duty' pros, so, the competition is what keeps bringing me back.

That's what distinguishes the pros from people involved in amateur theatre. You just go out and do it again and again.

In college, I might see three different coverages in an entire game. In the pros, you see three different coverages on three consecutive plays. The quality of athletes in the NFL is better, too.

If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of dialogue.

I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that.

I'm a big admirer of Daniel Woodrell for his beautiful, precise, sparse prose - I don't do succinct well, so I'm in awe of writers who do.

I think I'm the best at protecting the paint and guarding my man.

I don't really want to be cocky when I say this, but I really feel I can be one of the best rim protectors in the league, you know, as a rookie.

I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy.

I don't feel like I have anything to prove. I've played this game at a high level for a long time.