Talent Quotes

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.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.

You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.

I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have.

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers.

During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.