#talent

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#even #fantastic #get #making #movies

Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#aristocracy #birthright #meritocracy #nobility #talent

I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#caught #character #construction #does #done

Talent is only the starting point. ↗

— Irving Berlin

#point #starting #starting point #talent

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#either #explain #i #just #talent

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#creativity #idea #mystical #nurtured #practised

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#find #growth #little #lucky #mad

You know Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#best #better #better singer #get #know

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could. ↗

— James Brown

#best #could #did #gary #him

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive. ↗

— Julie Brown

#drive #happens #i #known #lots