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Talent Quotes

No matter how talented you are, not everyone is going to like you, but that's life. Stay strong.

The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, 'What'd I do? What'd I do?' And he said "Whatever it is, go back and do it again.

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

Some people are just born stars - you either have it or you haven't, and I was definitely born one.

Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

When you have a special gift you don't realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.

In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

A career is born in public-talent in privacy.

Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.