Juan Diego Florez Quotes

I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want something, I'll grab it.

You move to New York. You want to be the biggest, most fully realized version of yourself you can be. A lot of that is fueled by this desire to not feel small, and to make a name for myself and establish myself in a way that wasn't expected of me.

I was very insecure at the beginning of my career. I didn't value my talent. I would have probably skipped signing up for movies that I didn't want to do if I had understood that I had been accepted and people liked my work.

I feel really fortunate that people keep hiring me. People think I have talent.

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

I am just really focused in on what I love doing, but I would be a moron to not take some of my natural talent - I'm not saying I'm that talented, but I have enough acting and writing talent to go.

You can't be a good actor if you get too affected by fame. Because then you're not real, and you're not really wanting more. You look at a lot of actors who, before they were famous, did a lot of amazing work, and once they got too big, it just got off.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.

We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

It's not like I think: 'By the age of 40 I've got to be an international household name.' When the opportunity to perform comes up, then I'll take it. It's really good fun. But because I don't crave the attention or the buzz, it's not like I'm desperate for it.

You need a big ego to be an artist.

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

You've got to wake up every morning and believe, 'I was born to do this.'

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

My problem is, whether it's for emotion or for the talents that a character has to have in a role, I find it very difficult to not take on a challenge. For instance, 'Phantom Of The Opera,' in truth, scared the crap out of me, but I wasn't going to walk away and say, 'I didn't do that because I didn't believe in myself.'

The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it's happening.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.