Quotes About Versatility

I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

I like working with modern sounds in the studio as much as I'm happy to work with a basic rock n' roll format.

If you know how to score runs, you can perform in any format.

Even though I am someone who played one-dayers more, I have equally prepared hard for the T20 format too.

Most people have a concentration in particular areas; it might be politics, it might be science, it might be business, it might be sports. I care about all of those, and that's why I've chosen the formats I chose.

When you look at the best players in the world, they can play all the formats. I don't think it's an easy thing to do and that's why they're the best players in the world.

Working my way through different formats has not changed my batting approach much.

Since leaving cricket, I've tried my hand at professional boxing, a live stage show, and working for TV. I've had some interesting experiences, including working with the former basketball player Dennis Rodman.

Being a leading man can come in many different forms.

Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.

We don't want to become like country artists where there's a formula.

I think a lot of brands reach a point where they say, 'We kind of have a formula - we've got it made.' Our formula is there's no formula.

I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.

The dream as an actor is being able to bounce back and forth between different things.

Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.

I certainly feel fortunate in my career to have been able to continue to work in different mediums. I don't ever want to be the guy who gets really good at one thing and just does that over and over and over again.

I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that.

I like to do all things. I've been fortunate enough to be able to do a bunch of them at the same time.

I'm not yet fortunate enough to take only the scripts that capture my fancy, but each one has to be a new experience, to put me in a light that audiences haven't necessarily seen me before.

Frankly, I have a lot of interests, and I am not all that wedded only to banking.

My strength is my flexibility. As a batsman, I have to adapt to different roles and numbers and frankly, I have been around for a long time now to understand different situations.

Basically, I'm a free spirit. I'm kind of an Everywoman.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

One day I can be a spaceman, the next day I can be president, the day after that I can travel 200 years into the past. It's this really freeing profession.