#talent

You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is. ↗

— Ernst Lubitsch

#directors #finished #gone #great #great talent

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. ↗

— George Lucas

#discovered #everybody #just #matter #moving

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor. ↗

— Julianna Margulies

#actor #awards #beautiful #beautiful thing #full

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright. ↗

— Jose Marti

#birthright #completely #country #culture #disposal

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#amazing #around #brother #by the time #city

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#doors #got #i #lot #me

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#explore #had #i #me #needed

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

#possess #possesses #talent #you

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#anymore #because #decisions #get #good

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#being #genius #imagination #inherited #lying