Talent quotes
209 talent quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Rumble Fish
“Your mother is not crazy. And neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother crazy. He's merely miscast in a play. He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river. With the ability to be able to do anything that he wants to do and... findin' nothin' that he wants to do. I mean nothing.”
- From the movie: Searching for Bobby Fischer
“He's better at this than I've ever been at anything in my life. He's better at this than you'll ever be, at anything. My son has a gift. He has a gift, and when you acknowledge that, then maybe we will have something to talk about.”
- From the movie: Birdy
“I guess it's kinda hard to be good at something nobody wants.”
- From the movie: Planet Terror
“- Dr. Dakota Block: My girlfriend had a theory. She said at some point in your life, you find a use for every useless talent you ever had. It's like connecting the dots.
- Cherry Darling: I'm not that optimistic. I feel like I'm sinking down a drain and I can't get out.” - From the movie: Napoleon Dynamite
- From the animation: Cars
“You have more talent in one lug nut than a lot of cars have in their whole body. But you're stupid.”
- From the movie: The King's Speech
“- Lionel Logue: This fellow could really be somebody great. He's fighting me.
- Myrtle Logue: Perhaps he doesn't want to be great. Perhaps that's what you want.” - From the movie: Flight of the Phoenix
- From the movie: The Dead Zone
- Dr. Sam Weizak: Don't you see how clear it is? Not only can you see the future, you can...
- Johnny Smith: I can change it.
- Dr. Sam Weizak: You can change it, exactly. Here. Yes, John. That is your... your "dead zone". The possibility of altering the outcome of your premonitions. It's fascinating. - From the movie: Perfume: The story of a Murderer
“Talent means next to nothing, while experience acquired in humility and hard work means everything.”
- From the movie: Ray
“- Ahmet Ertegun: Ray, I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way.
- Ray Charles: Well, then give it to me right then.
- Ahmet Ertegun: I signed you because I sensed something special in you, not because you sound like Nate Cole or Charles Brown.” - From the movie: Lions for Lambs
- From the TV Series: The Great Jang-Geum
“Your talent would also become your poison.”
- From the movie: Autumn Sonata
“A sense of reality is a matter of talent. Most people lack that talent and maybe it's just as well.”
- From the movie: Mr. Moto in Danger Island
“The art of professional wrestling consists of two parts groan, two parts acting, and but one little part of skill.”
- From the movie: Miracle
“You think you can win on talent alone? Gentlemen, you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.”
- From the movie: Driving Lessons
“- Ben: God gave you your talent for a reason.
- Evie: There's no God, you pompous little cretin!” - From the movie: Cheaper by the Dozen
“This is the moneymaker! I'm not that good of an actor! This is how I get the jobs, I know that.”
- From the movie: Goal! The Dream Begins
“The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. And even then I may not agree with you.”
- From the movie: Yours, Mine and Ours
- From the movie: Bend It Like Beckham
“Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?”
- From the movie: The Break-Up
“Fate has me highly skilled and loaded with talent.”
- From the movie: Eight Men Out
“I always figured it was talent made a man big, you know, if I was the best at something. I mean, we're the guys they come to see. Without us, there ain't a ballgame. Yeah, but look at who's holding the money and look at who's facing a jail cell. Talent don't mean nothing. And where's Comiskey and Sullivan, Attell, Rothstein? Out in the back room...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Shadows and Fog
“We're not like other people, we're artists, you know with great talent comes responsibility.”
- From the movie: RKO 281
“- Herman Mankiewicz: It won't be easy having made your masterpiece at 26.
- Orson Welles: Is that what you think - that I'm just going to burn out at the ripe old age of 26?
- Herman Mankiewicz: All stars burn out, Orson. It's the flame that counts.”
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