Quotes About Versatility

That is what I always said as I don't want to be one-dimensional; I don't want to just hit homers or have to walk or bunt to get on base.

I didn't want to be a one-hit wonder. I really wanted to make albums that had a different aesthetic every album and a different sound.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing.

In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever character you create from one play to the next.

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

I'm really open to everything.

I'm pretty open. I like doing different things.

Nowadays, people have an open mind vis-a-vis new artists like Meghan Trainor, Nico & Vinz, Hozier - there are hits coming out of everywhere.

We call ourselves comedy writer-performers, and that encompasses everything, and I certainly have a very open mind about it.

I'm open-minded, willing to make changes and do other things.

I was a wicket-keeper who opened the batting. Could I have made it? Hard to say. I probably wouldn't quite have been good enough. I might get back into it once I've finished with the football.

If I'm opening up for George Jones or playing a complete honky-tonk, I do true country music. But if it's a complete rock club, I'll do some country and a little bit of this hillbilly acoustic country metal or whatever it's called.

I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

I did 'Doubt' as a film, a play and an opera.

Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert hall or even for TV.

I can operate in half-a-song format.

I can operate on both flanks.

When I was at Teradata, I got called a growth guy. And then when I became C.E.O. of the whole company, I got called a cost-cutter. Then, I came to H.P. and became an operations guy.

My opinion is I can get open against anybody.

It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.

True sophistication is the ability to fit in anywhere, because you have a broad understanding of and respect for all kinds of people.