Quotes About Versatility

The Gucci woman can be the equestrian woman, the woman in the suit, the woman in the flowy bohemian dress, or the couture woman.

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward.

I dabble in everything... it's very therapeutic.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

I'm really spectacularly thick in all areas of my life except comedy and science. I'm crap at everything else.

Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.

As long as you can throw people a curveball, that's what you're looking for. Because the minute they can define you, the minute they think they know exactly who you are, is when it starts to wear thin.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

A lot of people who went to SC didn't play ball - people who do films, lawyers and doctors, people who do things in real estate and business. There's a lot of people that make things happen out here.

Playing me in different positions helped me to get in the head of the others players: to know what they're thinking, where and how they are going to move.

Everybody thinks about Bo Derek as being this extravagant looking lady but she is also a wonderful actress.

If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if they've been doing it for 40 years, that's bad news.

Everyone thinks they went to high school with me. I take it as a compliment that I look different in every role.

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.

I can play anywhere. First, third, left field, anywhere but Philadelphia.

I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing.

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.

I feel like if I consider myself comfortable in something, then that's not exactly where I want to be. And in 'Jane the Virgin' specifically, I feel like I don't have to choose... We get to do drama and comedy sometimes within the same thirty seconds.

I'm a fan boy when it comes to Michael Buble. He's just so good at 'it'. He's got a voice of this generation, but he's like a time capsule; he's got a voice that could have fit in anywhere over the last hundred years. It's stellar.

I don't think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything.