“The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television.” YearsIdeasDifferentShowsNextTalentTelevisionPersonalityAspectSeasonsEnormousNext YearStand Alone Author:Sarah Paulson
“The great thing is that young talent isn't tied to a how-to model for starting a line; we get to find new ways to go about doing things. And don't let people tell you you can't. Go find a way to show that you can.” PeopleWayShowsYoungLinesTalentModelsStartingGreat ThingsTiedNew WaysYoung Talent Author:Alexander Wang
“You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.” KnowsShowsNextWinningWalksStreetsTalentMondayYou Can WinTalent Show Author:JJ Feild
“When I was growing up, Nashville was the place to go if you had songs to sell and thought you had talent and wanted to tour and be on Grand Ole Opry [radio show]. It was the big deal back in those days to play the Grand Ole Opry. And you could travel around the world saying, "Hi, I'm Willie from the Grand Ole Opry".” IfsWorldPlayShowsBigsWantedSongDealsGrowing UpGrowingTalentSellsRadioAround The WorldBig DealNashvillePlaces To GoSaying Hi Author:Willie Nelson
“In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent.” ShowsArtistTalentPersonalityLimitationRangeRevealingVagueness Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.” IfsNeedsEnoughShowsFeelingsYoungMotivationPovertyTalentHungerRecognitionPersistenceArroganceInsatiableInsatiable Hunger Author:Leon Uris
“I get really frustrated with people who turn their noses up at talent shows like 'The Voice' and 'X-Factor.'” PeopleShowsTurnsVoiceTalentFactorsNosesFrustratedGet RealTalent Show Author:Ricki-Lee Coulter
“We try to use the talents we do have to express our deep feelings, to show our appreciation of all the contributions that came before us, and to add something to that flow. That's what's driven me.” TryingUseShowsFeelingsConsciousnessTalentFlowAddAppreciationDrivenContributionDeep Feeling Author:Steve Jobs
“I had gone to a talent show, I was interested in American hip-hop music, with my older brother, to another town and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.” ShowsNextGoneMinutesTalentBrotherTownsHip HopPainfulHipsHopsOlder BrotherTalent ShowHip Hop Music Author:Ishmael
“Pop Idol, X Factor, Fame Academy, there's so much talent out there. It's great to see people getting the chance to show their potential” PeopleShowsChanceTalentFamePopsFactorsIdolsAcademy Author:Gordon Brown
“Greetings, conversationalists across the fruited plain, this is Rush Limbaugh, the most dangerous man in America, with the largest hypothalamus in North America, serving humanity simply by opening my mouth, destined for my own wing in the Museum of Broadcasting, executing everything I do flawlessly with zero mistakes, doing this show with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair because I have talent on loan from ... God. Rush Limbaugh. A man. A legend. A way of life.” MenWayShowsAmericaHumanityMy OwnBehindsMistakeBrainHalfTalentDangerousMouthsFairsWingsOpeningServingZeroMuseumsLegendsTiedDestinedLoanNorth AmericaGreetingsBroadcastingExecutingBehind My BackDangerous ManHypothalamus Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were gonna have a show of new, fresh, good acts. But we couldn't find any; they were all lousy. So rather than throw away the idea, I said, "Let's reverse it. Let's do lousy acts." Now, is that a scam? I'm telling you.” SaidIdeasShowsWantedSimpleTalentAll TimeReverseVenuesScamsGongsTalent Show Author:Chuck Barris
“Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.” MeanShowsDreamActorsTalentStriveTheatre Author:Elaine Paige
“When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.” ShowsFoundFeltMy OwnComedyTalentTheaterShockedEnsembleBerkeley Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“We're so screwed up with our principles. We used to mock Japanese game shows where they ate bugs. Now we're doing the same, if not worse. It's terrifying... It seems the better the quality, the more you're penalised... There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it. They put fame ahead of talent and think someone from 'EastEnders' will put bums on seats.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingShowsSeemsRunningUsedGamesQualityPrinciplesTalentTelevisionFoolFameVery GoodSeatsGood PeopleBugsMockScrewed UpGame Shows Author:Philip Glenister
“As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.” ShowsActorsOpportunitySidesTalentDramaticIrresistible Author:Elizabeth Banks
“Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.” PeopleLittlesPersonsShowsLeftTalentLimitsExpectationsEach DaySurprisingDisplayNoveltyShowing OffBragging Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species.” ReasonShowsTalentDiscoveryRegardInstinctSpeciesPreservationBrutesContinuance Book:Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others Source: Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others