Talent Variation Quotes

It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles.

I did a song in eight minutes. I thought everybody could write songs that fast. But working with a lot of them, they don't.

I'm happy to dance with anyone, to be honest. I've had some great partners, who have all been talented. But not all of them at dancing.

I've got three sons, and two of them would absolutely hate being on the stage and never liked appearing in their school plays or musicals, but the middle one absolutely loves it and never shows any sign of nerves or pressure and really gets a kick out of performing. I think it depends entirely on the child. And that applies to anything whether it's sport or entertainment or music or film.

God gives different people different gifts, and there are some people that can listen to an instrument and within a fraction of a second tell, you know, where it's off key or what note doesn't resonate correctly.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.

I think God gave talent to different people in different areas.

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.

I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about the capabilities of the people you're working with, what are their strengths and weaknesses. Some of the most brilliant actors need the spine of the text to work off of, and there's no shame in that; they're actors, not writers.

You learn that different people are made differently, and they have different ways to reach to their goals. Some people reach their limits of what they can produce and create, and that doesn't necessarily make them bad. It is just that they may not be right for that role in that instance.

Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.

And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose, And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows.

Let's be honest, some people are better suited to exams than others in the same way that some of us are more sporty or arty.

Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.

Everyone has different talents, different styles and talents.

Different rappers got different talents. It's like X-Men.

You know, another thing people don't realize is that there's a ton of luck in 'Jeopardy.'

I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn - it's just like all of us - some guys can learn electronics, some of us can't. Some people can learn something else, some of us can't. I mean, we're all wired differently.

On a good day everybody can beat everybody.

We may be born equal but we're not equally talented.

I am not somebody who believes everyone is equally talented; talent remains unequally distributed.

Not everybody is going to be John Cena. Not everybody is going to be The Rock. You need to be what you can be and contribute like you can.

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.