Talent quotes

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
Sophia Loren

“Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.”
Marlon Brando

“Your belief that you have no talent is the ultimate vanity. If you have no talent then you have no limits, it's all an act of will. Your heart can probably pump more blood than anyone else's on earth, and that takes talent. The bones in your feet are so strong, it'd take a sledgehammer to break 'em. Be thankful for your limits, Pre, they're...” (continue)(continue reading)

Donald Sutherland - Bill Bowerman

“It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.”
Daisy Ridley

“A big part of life is realizing what you're good at.”
Alyssa Milano

“The entertainment industry is loaded with extraordinarily talented people. But the true, genuine originals, they're rare.”
Peter Falk

“Talent comes everywhere. Everybody's talented, fucking everyone in this bar is talented at one thing or another. But having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that's a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you'll never know. That's just the truth. And there's one reason we're supposed to be...” (continue)(continue reading)

Bradley Cooper - Jack

“- Susan Morrow: Why are you so driven to write?
- Edward Sheffield: I guess it's a way of keeping things alive. You know, saving things that will eventually die. If I write it down, then... it'll last forever.”
Amy Adams - Susan Morrow
Jake Gyllenhaal - Edward Sheffield

“A woman must have a thorough knowledge of Music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages. She must be well trained in the fighting styles of the Kyoto masters and weapons and tactics of modern Europe.”
Sam Riley - Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy

“- Jerome: That was fucked up, what you did, man. Morris doesn't like it, and I don't like it either.
- The Kid: I don't care.
- Jerome: It's obvious you don't have what it takes to get to the top.”

Jerome Benton - Jerome
Prince - The Kid

“I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts.”
Martin Ritt

“God doesn't give people talents that He doesn't want people to use. And He gave you The Touch. It's a power inside of you, down there where you keep your guts, boy. It's all you need to blast your way in and get back what they took from you.”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Charles "Chappy" Sinclair

“- Mickey: You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!
- Rocky: It's a living.
- Mickey: It's a waste of life!”
Burgess Meredith - Mickey
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“- Jack Bolton: You're the playmaker... not a singer... right?
- Troy Bolton: Did you ever think that maybe I could be both?”
Bart Johnson - Coach Jack Bolton
Zac Efron - Troy Bolton

“It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living.”

“Thanks guys, you got a lot of... a lot of... well, whatever it is, you got a lot of it.”

Michael Jordan - Himself

“People tend to enjoy what they’re really good at.”
Keanu Reeves - Nelson Moss

Wish the hell I was your dad. You wouldn't be goin' around talkin' about takin' these stupid shop courses if I was. It's like God gave you something, man, all those stories you can make up. And He said, "This is what we got for ya, kid. Try not to lose it". Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. And if your... (continue)(continue reading)

River Phoenix - Chris Chambers

“You have a gift for language, Mr. Riley. But talent is a common thing. People waste it every day. They abuse it. They take it for granted. Success comes not from what God has given you but what you do with it. It's really up to you.”
Francesca P. Roberts - Miss Higgins

“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
Robert De Niro - Lorenzo

“- Eddie Arkadian: Where are you gonna go, Angie? Without me, you're nothing! Without that outfit, you're just another no-talent dental hygiene school drop-out from Kew Gardens getting by on her tits!
- Angela Viracco: And in the end, Eddie, you know what? You're nothing but a misguided midget asshole with dreams of ruling the world. Yeah, also...” (continue)(continue reading)
Christopher Murney - Eddie Arkadian
Faith Prince - Angela Viracco

“It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.”
John Amos

“Method acting? Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.”
John Barrymore

“I think it helps get auditions that are high profile, but you still have to prove yourself.”
Adrian Martinez

“I’m Good At Everything, except The Things I Can’t Do.”
Kim Joo-Ryung - Han Mi-nyeo