Talent quotes

“- Thomas Janes: Talent excuses cruelty. Don't you know that?
- Rich Janes: Not talent. Genius maybe. You're talented, Thomas. The world is full of talented assholes.”
Sean Penn - Thomas Janes
Josh Lucas - Rich Janes

“You're born... as a man... with the nerves of a soldier, the apprehension of an angel, to lift a phrase, but there is no use for it.”
Mark Wahlberg - Jim Bennett

“In a star it's temperament, but in a chorus girl it's just bad taste.”

Charles Lane - Author of "Pretty Lady"

“You have a genuine talent for slogans. It must be like having an ear for music.”

Ernest Truex - Mr. Baxter

“We have to fix the problem we helped start. You said to give everyone a little time to understand our specialness. Well now it's time for everyone to understand. Especially Mojo!”
Cathy Cavadini - Blossom

“Remember, an agent is only as good as his gadgets...”
Emily Osment - Gerti Giggles

“You've got a gift Roy... but it's not enough - you've got to develop yourself. If you rely too much on your own gift... then... you'll fail.”
Alan Fudge - Ed Hobbs

“Sam Fuller, the American no-talent embraced by those French derelicts.”

Will Keenan - Casey Kaufman

“Commitment is part of you. Part of what makes you attractive, part of what attracted me to you.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. ”
Mel Brooks

“- Troy Bolton: Whoa, don't tell me you're good at hoops too.
- Gabriella Montez: You know, I once scored 41 points on a league game.
- Troy Bolton: No way.
- Gabriella Montez: Mmhmm. Yeah, and on the same day I invented the space shuttle and microwave popcorn.”
Zac Efron - Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens - Gabriella Montez

“Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. ”
Kirk Douglas

“There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently. ”
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland

“He can block, tackle, score the touch down, snap the ball, and kick the extra point. Hell, the boy will fill up the Gatorade cooler, walk the dog, and paint your back porch.”
Grover Coulson - L.V. Miles

“Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent.”
Grace Zabriskie

“- Gabriella Montez: Well, you sound like you've done a lot of singing, too.
- Troy Bolton: Yeah, my showerhead is very impressed with me.”
Vanessa Hudgens - Gabriella Montez
Zac Efron - Troy Bolton

“The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put them on the screen, they were huge.”
Bruce Dern

“Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.”
Mark Boone Junior

“As long as I have the talent and there's a demand for the old Chinese man - whether he's a philosopher, or a master, or an old-time restaurant owner, or a villain, or a so-called good guy - I will always be working.”
James Hong

“- Kyle Tippet: Do you know what it's like to have to hide because of who you are?
- Clark Kent: Yes, I do. But when you have a gift you can't just hide in a hole and hope it goes away.”

Gregory Sporleder - Kyle Tippet
Tom Welling - Clark Kent

“I realized my gifts aren't my theories but my ability to recognize great potential in others and maybe give them a little shove when they need it.”
Robert Redford - Professor Stephen Malley

“- Emira Eagle: I thought he was talented.
- Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters: Okay. He could sing.
- Zola Taylor: He could sing me right out of my panties!”
Lela Rochon - Emira Eagle
Vivica A. Fox - Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters
Halle Berry - Zola Taylor

“- Mrs. Upjohn: Surely, you don't question the Doctor's ability.
- Whitmore: No, not exactly. But running a sanitarium calls for a man with peculiar talents.”

Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Upjohn
Leonard Ceeley - Whitmore

“Lorre was the most talented man I have ever seen in my life.”

Jean Negulesco

“I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.”
Vincente Minnelli