Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
I think I had a knack for music, but I think what I was more sort of talented at more than anything, because I don’t think I’m a great singer, I think that I grew up imitating different voices that I heard.
The secret of success in cinema lies in not just being talented but showcasing your talent to the audience. And, that happens only when you get the right films and directors.
No matter how talented you are or naturally gifted you are, there’s no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards.
God didn’t create the universe so that talented people would be happy.
To work with Ken Branagh was amazing; it was always a dream of mine to work with a man as creative and talented as that.
There’s a lot of talented guys, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to go out there and get it. It’s really about who’s competing and who wants it more on both ends of the floor.
Geoff Johns is super talented, super smart. Part of what got me excited about the Aquaman character is his re-envisioning of Aquaman, the character, with ‘The New 52.’
I’ve discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common – a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren’t given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren’t working.
As an observer, I’m analysing my reactions, I guess, and my thinking; but about the process of writing… I am not very talented at talking about what I do as a writer.
Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you’re talented you’ll get work, if you’re not, you won’t, so it doesn’t really matter who you know.
I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the ‘Nutcracker Ballet.’ I got involved.
I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
I am uncomfortable with Sarah Palin. I have nothing against her. I’ll say she’s a very talented woman. Yet I think she owes John McCain her gratitude and loyalty.
Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler might be the most talented man I’ve ever worked with. He comes in, he’s cool as a cucumber, and then all of a sudden, as soon as the camera comes on, it was a dream. It was an absolute dream come true to spar and share the same airspace with a guy I’ve respected for a long, long time.
I get asked, ‘Who would you really like to work with?’ I’m already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.
Definitely for writing, what inspires me is poetry, which I have next to me all the time because I think they’re doing what I’m doing, but much harder, more condensed. It’s the same job, but they’re more talented. All of them. So I just steal openly from them.
I have huge admiration for Taylor Swift. She’s tall, talented, young, thin, and beautiful. More importantly, she seems focused, generous, vulnerable, and kind.
I learned that when you’re lucky enough to be surrounded by such talented people that you really become more of an orchestrator of this talent – you’re just trying to harmonise everyone’s contributions.
I know I’m not musically talented.
Barack Obama is clearly a smart guy, talented.
You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
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.
Everybody around me was talented and gave everybody talent. Everybody painted. My mother had a beautiful voice. My father was a marvelous drawing-room actor.
Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.
I’ve focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through proposals like the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act and the Presidential Teachers Corps.
I can’t say enough about ‘The First Time.’ It was such an awesome experience. Jon Kasdan, the writer/director, was great. He’s such a talented guy who’s really, truly special.
I don’t know how to measure success. I have been fortunate that I got exciting films to do and work with talented directors who brought out the best in me.
I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn’t even make the high school golf team once I got there. I had a big dose of humble pie then, and ever since, I’ve always known that there is always someone out there better than you, more talented. Always.
I’m a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.
I’m talented, I know what I want, and I believe in myself, and I’m true to myself.
Beyonce is incredibly talented – gifted, in fact. She has an exceptional set of pipes and can actually sing. She is a terrific dancer – without the explicit moves best left for the privacy of her bedroom.
When our son’s autism was diagnosed at the age of 2, there was no clear prognosis. We didn’t even know if he’d ever learn to talk. But we found talented people to work with him and he improved, slowly at first and then more rapidly.
The only people who can fix Africa are talented young Africans. By unlocking and nurturing their creative potential, we can create a step change in Africa’s future.
When I look around, I see a world of unrealized opportunities for improvements, an abundance of talented people able to take the risks necessary to make improvements, but a shortage of people and investors willing to take those risks.
Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I have loved her books. But for some time, I had little or no idea what the point of the story of Sri Ramakrishna was. In fact, he was one of the outstanding men of 19th-century India.
Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.
I was secretary of the Treasury in 2008. In that role, I had the privilege to work with many talented men and women in government and the private sector who labored to pull our nation back from the brink of disaster.
I have three lovely children. They are beautiful, talented, and kind-hearted. I’m most proud of them. I love them so much that I will never want to burden them with a large amount of inherited wealth.
I’m massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don’t really realise that.
One of the strengths of the U.K. is its ability to attract very highly talented people from all over the places, but also their ability to send English people outside. So they’re very brain circulation-oriented, and I do hope, even with Brexit, they will keep this asset they have.
Casting young people is always so difficult, and they got it so right in ‘Game of Thrones.’ All the young actors are amazingly talented and so professional.
If you want to achieve things in life, you’ve just got to do them, and if you’re talented and smart, you’ll succeed.
I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers’ chops.
I’m exploring this world of game development and GPU and getting involved in any capacity that I can to meet talented artists and programmers and developers. That’s what you’re gonna need to get a high-end experience done.
You need talent, dedication, skills, perseverance and so many other things to become successful. If you think you are very talented but someone needs to unveil your talent, then you are living in a fool’s paradise. You have to prove yourself every day.
We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?
CM Punk is a very talented man, and I’m a big fan of his.
Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A’s.
I was a product of Andy Warhol’s Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.
There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don’t get a chance to get into this system. I want to be a part of that. I want to help these young, diverse, unique voices tell stories.
Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you’re doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review is: ‘You’re great!’ No matter how talented the employee, think of ways he could grow towards the position he might want to hold two, five, or 10 years down the line.
The older I’ve gotten, and the more that I’ve worked, I cherish that I’m an Ohio boy because, at the end of the day, I believe that I’m a talented person; I believe that I work really hard, but I think that the main reason I’m successful is because I’m kind, I’m easy to work with, and I’m a team player.
