“She [ Anne Hathaway] is just a delicious talent. I think she can delight us for years and years in lots and lots of different things.Her own personality is so appealing and fresh and open and warm. I think she can have a unique career.” ThinkingYearsDifferentCareersTalentPersonalityUniqueDelightWarmDifferent ThingsDelicious Author:Meryl Streep
“Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.” PeopleWritingTwoHalfCareersTalentDrawsCome Up Author:Matt Groening
“Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.” PeopleWantPassionDifferencesCareersMillionsTalentDeterminationPlentyUntalented Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“I'm so used to people slagging me off. Since the beginning of my career I've been told I have no talent, I can't sing and I'm a one-hit wonder.” PeopleI CanUsedWonderCareersTalent Author:Madonna Ciccone
“A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had an excuse for using my talents for solving oblique triangles. If a professional mathematician never uses these dull techniques in a highly varied career, why must all high school students devote several weeks to the subject?” IfsStillsUseSchoolCoursesCareersWeekSubjectsTalentStudentsSolutionsHigh SchoolExcuseTechniqueDullPortionsDevotedMathematicianTrianglesFormal EducationHigh School StudentsTrigonometry Author:John G. Kemeny
“Corruption is subtle, just like the Bible said. Many young poets have come to me and asked, How am I gonna make it? They feel, and often with considerable justice, that they are being overlooked while others with less talent are out there making careers for themselves. I always give the same advice. I say, Do it the hard way, and you’ll always feel good about yourself. You write because you have to, and you get this unbelievable satisfaction from doing it well. Try to live on that as long as you’re able.” WayGivingFeelsWritingTryingWellsLongSaidHardAbleYoungJusticeCareersAdviceTalentPoetSatisfactionCorruptionFeel GoodSubtleAbout YourselfUnbelievableOverlookedHard Way Author:Philip Levine
“All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.” GivingI CanDoneCareersTalentNew Talent Author:Steven Spielberg
“I pay attention to what's going on around me. I'm always looking for new energy, new talent, new voices. When you do that I think it's easier to come up with fresh ideas. It's not that my career has been based on surprising people, but it's been about challenging myself - to constantly do new things that are going to broaden my own mind and in the process, hopefully, connect with other people.” PeopleThinkingMindHas BeensIdeasEnergyProcessVoiceChallengesMy OwnPayAttentionCareersTalentEasierCome UpHopefullyPay AttentionSurprisingNew ThingsNew EnergyChallenging MyselfNew TalentFresh Ideas Author:Madonna Ciccone
“In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.” FatherCareersTalentMajorsStoresSellingAgentsManagersChocolateChipsCookiesDetoursChocolate ChipsChocolate Chip Cookies Author:Shawn Amos
“The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.” WayNeedsYearsPersonsDifferentCareersRolesTalentCollegeDramaMajorsFatsDifferent ThingsOld WomanYale Author:Meryl Streep
“At LVMH, we have amazing heritage brands, and we put interesting talents in those brands, sometimes very young, like we did at Givenchy with Riccardo Tisci at the time, or like we just did with J.W. Anderson at Loewe, but also talents that are already further along in their careers, like Raf Simons at Christian Dior or Nicolas at Vuitton.” SometimesChristianYoungInterestingCareersTalentBrandsHeritageDiorGivenchyRaf Author:Delphine Arnault
“We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss.” WorldCultureLossCareersGenerationsInfluenceStreetsStageTalentFashionStyleMarkBritishPassingPassingsMuseumsAestheticDaringAstonishingFearlessnessDevastatedInsurmountableMcqueenMusic Culture Author:Anna Wintour
“There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.” MenGoalCommonCareersTalentDeterminationPerseveranceEducatedPersistencePersistSetting GoalsSeekersPersevereTenacityUnsuccessfulOmnipotentPerserveranceDetermination And SuccessWill And DeterminationDetermination MotivationalNetwork MarketingFailure In LifeDetermination PerseveranceDistance RunnerPerseverance And DeterminationInspirational PerseveranceDetermination And PersistenceGreat PerseveranceGreat DeterminationInspirational DeterminationPerseverenceKey ThingsPersistence InspirationalTalent And GeniusDrive And SuccessMotivational CareerMotivational JobMlmMotivation And DeterminationCourage And DeterminationPatience And PersistenceDrive And DeterminationCareer MotivationPerseverance In LoveMotivation And DriveForward In LifeDerelictPersistence In BusinessPersistence LoveAdversity And PerseveranceCourage And PerseverancePerseverance SportsPersistence And LoveSearch Motivational Author:Joe Strummer
“Without a doubt, because now in the music business talent and hard work isn't enough. There is just a lot of luck and marketing money involved in making any artist break. "Fall Down" is about a relationship, but you could certainly apply it to the relationship we've had with each other and throughout our career.” HardEnoughArtistFallCareersBreakDoubtTalentHard WorkInvolvedLuckMarketingFalling DownMusic BusinessTalent And Hard Work Author:Jason C. Miller
“In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.” FirstsBelieveMadeHardMy OwnBrainCompanyCareersGroupsTalentStupidManagementBlamePressesMade ItManagersExplanationProfessorsDedicationElsewhereHarvardMitStupid MenDoctoratesAttribution Author:Clayton Christensen
“If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But if you look back at his career, I don't think it's surprising. From Good Will Hunting on down, the guy is a monster talent, and I think talent wins out, in the end. There's always the ebb and flow of any career, but I think talent wins out, in the end.” IfsThinkingLooksEndsGuyActorsWinningCareersGoneTalentDirectorsFlowExtraordinaryMonstersHuntingSurprisingGood WillEbb And FlowWill Hunting Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“I'm at a point in my career, I've been around a long time now, over 35 years in broadcasting. I don't worry about much. I respect what America's Got Talent is. It is a family show. It is a show that I love.” YearsLongShowsAmericaCareersWorryTalentLong TimeBroadcasting Author:Howard Stern
“You've got to run your career. What happens is a lot of times artists have this talent and they're just looking for somebody to take it and do something with it. And you have to be the creative force.” HappensRunningArtistForceCareersCreativeTalent Author:Will Smith
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.” PeopleKnowsWayLongStillsI CanRunningSchoolAbilityCareersTalentDangerousColorLong TimeHigh SchoolSkinsBallsThreatAfrican AmericanRunnersStereotypeQuarterback Author:Deshaun Watson
“My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the film, I get touched up thinking about it, no one can give you a career. You have to have that inner drive. She wants it, but she doesn't know how to go for it, she's too shy. To see her perform and come on stage and feel comfortable, you know, she has talent - that was very touching, very moving, for me. She has a really beautiful sound and voice. She's a young girl still, 26, and innocent. She was kind of sheltered.” ThinkingKnowsWantGivingFeelsKindStillsBeautifulFilmMovingYoungGirlBeliefSoundVoiceCareersKnow HowStageTalentSweetComfortableDaughterLovelyInnocentTouchedShyMy DaughterTouchingSweet LoveReally BeautifulVery MovingLovely Girl Author:Robert Davi
“I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me feel. A lot of times I'll pull them on stage to help me sing songs. I wouldn't have my house, my fame or my career without them voting for me and appreciating this talent that God blessed me with. I just want to share it every day.” IfsWantFeelsTryingImportantHelpingSongHouseStarsCareersShareFansStageTalentFameAppreciateTreatsBlessedHelp MeVotingGod Bless Author:Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.