Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
We did a film called 'Kes,' which is about a lad with a talent that nobody can recognise, or that nobody chose to recognise.
A lot of people don't realize the skills and talent that I have.
There are plenty of people I've seen and thought that person is funny, or that person is really talented, and they've got something, but maybe the buying public doesn't see the same thing I see, or the stars don't align in the right way for them.
I think we all take the vada pav for granted, like we take the special people in our lives.
People saw me as just a singer - yeah, a pretty face who could sing - and not more than that.
I sleep till one, and I'm always surprised when someone in blue rinse on a talk show says, 'You're a genius, Mr. Newley, you do so many things.' Tony Newley never realized his potential, did the things he should have done.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.
It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.
There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.
Too many times, adults walk into situations, and people have already put them in a box: 'Oh, you write comedy.' Or, 'You're the development woman.' And it's not just our profession. It's hard to look at someone and say, 'What else is inside?'
Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
I think you find amongst ordinary people there are a lot of people that are really talented.
A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
