I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.
Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.
I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.
The songwriting community in Nashville really is all about your talent. It's not about your image, and you have to be humble. You have to be kind. You have to have zero ego when you walk into that writing room.
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.
At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.
Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows.
Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.
There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.
There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.
For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.
I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion, and we wanted to make use of all the talent that we have in-house.
I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I'm on a horse, I'm more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect.
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.
Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.
I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that.
We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Favored Nations will be branded as the home base for inspired musical talent.
I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.
There is an incompatibility between being glamorous, young and a woman and using my brain. The official version is there is no discrimination, and talent dominates, but that is not the case.
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
Talent is in short supply everywhere. At Wipro, we are training nonengineers to be engineers.
If you have enough ambition, you can create talent!
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
I'm always looking for new talent.