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Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with.

It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?"

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

There is nothing new in art except talent.