I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.
It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
Desmond Mason is one of my best friends in the world. And he's a great, great talent.
I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.
The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flowby the tilt of the social landscape.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
If I'd have gone to art school, or stayed in anthropology, I probably would have ended up back in film. . . Mostly I just followed my inner feelings and passions. . . and kept going to where it got warmer and warmer, until it finally got hot. . . Everybody has talent. It's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.
I love that about filmmaking - seeing final product and getting to see everyone else that you don't necessarily engage with on set every day and getting them to showcase their talents. Whether it's effects, music, the edit, the rhythm of a film is driven by that, so it's cool to see it come together. It's great to be standing in front of something you're genuinely proud of.
The truth won't set us free until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.
Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. . . . Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.
The persecution of genius fosters its influence.
It's a good thing I'm a professional and could see the pure genius talent behind the raw sexual beauty.
I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually, quit when I am done. This talent, or these two talents, I have cultivated. Silence and concise, brief speaking have got me some laurels, and, I suspect, lost me some. No odds. Do what is natural to you, and you are sure to get all the recognition you are entitled to.
I dont know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. Its more than talent and beauty. Maybe its the audience seeing itself in you.
I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.
I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent.
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Big data isn’t about bits, it’s about talent.