Quotes About Versatility

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.

I feel like I'm one of the rare cases in this league of a two-way player. I feel like it's hard for certain people to be able to coach me because of that.

We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.

I want people to see me as a two-way player. A defensive player and an offensive player.

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.

You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.

Just based on the primary adage of the necessity breeding innovation, it was just like 'Well, what makes me the guitar player that I am?' and I feel like I listen to so much different music, and I'm a student of so many genres of music, and I feel like it's fun to apply those things and anything super applicable to any type of music.

I don't like any one race or look or type of guy. My tastes as far as looks go are very diverse. I like guys with scruffy beards and leather jackets, but I also like a clean-cut 'GQ'-type guy, so my tastes are very ranged among somebody who laughs at my dumb jokes, too. I have plenty of them.

I don't really have a type of woman.

I've never been the type of person to put myself in a box.

I think by having solo projects, it allows us to expand our music range. There's a type of music and concept we can do as a group and do as solo artists.

I want to be known as a guy that was competitive in every type of race car he ever got in.

You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.

Every day of my life has been a challenge - from singing a song that is not my type to being asked suddenly to sing a classical song with no practice.

I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.

I wasn't a one-on-one type of guy.

People keep trying to say I'm one type of artist and I'm just not.

I always back myself as a finisher, but I always practise it as well. Every type of finish: left foot, right foot, headers, penalties, free kicks.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

I've been lucky. I've had this history of having an appeal to more than one type of audience.

I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.