“I found out about Jonathan Winters death a day after it happened. That seems wrong. A talent like his should be more revered. The world knew about Kim Kardashians divorce before she did.” WorldShouldSeemsFoundHappenedTalentWinterDivorceKim Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are valuing things that have not yet happened, and the likelihood of the CEO and team being able to make them happen. Finance people find this appalling, but investors who do this well can make a lot of money.” PeopleThinkingWellsHappensAbleGrowthHappenedTeamTalentProductsSkillsSmartBottomInvestingSizeFinanceInvestorsLots Of MoneyCeoLikelihood Author:Marc Andreessen
“I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.” ActingWonderHappenedTalentDecidedCategoriesAmazedModelingScholarshipCompletion Author:Eva Longoria
“At heart, I'm really interested in this marriage of theater, film and television and I think what happened in the UK and obviously is happening here is that there's a convergence of talent kind of moving between the different disciplines and I find that very exciting.” ThinkingHeartKindDifferentFilmMovingHappenedTalentTelevisionDisciplineHappeningsExcitingTheaterFilm And TelevisionConvergence Author:Colin Callender
“My aunt was a fashion model and I happened to go to her agency with her, one day, when I was five. A talent agent said, "You should come talk to us." I did a few things. I did an indie movie and commercials, and stuff.” ShouldSaidStuffFiveHappenedTalentFashionOne DayModelsAgentsAgencyAuntFashion ModelIndie Movie Author:Ellar Coltrane
“J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.” KnowsBelievePersonsMadePastWonderfulHappenedTalentManagers Author:LaToya Jackson
“I built stages and I did stage management - I think I built the sets twice, I happened to be good with a drill, which is a talent I didn't know I had.” ThinkingKnowsHappenedStageTalentBuiltManagementBe GoodDrills Author:Gwendoline Christie
“There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the same thing with math, and the same thing with art. You'll find people who are geniuses, or prodigies at the far end of the bell shaped curve, and I think you will find some of the acquired savants in that category who happened to have been endowed with that kind of talent, which explains why not everyone becomes an acquired savant.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensArtEndsAbleFallHappenedMiddleTalentGeniusExtremesMathWhy NotCategoriesBellsCurvesProdigiesSavants Author:Darold Treffert