“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.” PeopleShouldArtSaidPlayWantedSchoolDesireActorsActingTeacherTalentFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAcceptedHonestlyPerformingGradesAuditionsWhimPerforming ArtsEnglish Teacher Author:Ving Rhames
“I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.” PeopleWritingWellsArtArtistGivenTalentElementsResponsiblePerformingCraftsmanSpiritualismWriting WellPerforming Well Author:Al Franken
“There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.” WellsStatesHelpingUseArtistNumbersKnownTalentProtectMusicianModelsPaidCompetitionProfitPerformingWell KnownArtistry Author:Stephan Kinsella
“I've always been into theater and movies. When I was in school, I did a monologue for my talent show. I would go to the local theater. I was always in dance. I was always performing. That was always my thing.” ShowsSchoolTalentTheaterLocalsPerformingMonologuesTalent Show Author:Odeya Rush
“I have never stopped performing live.I've been blessed with the talent to sing and play the piano so I can fit into a lot of different configurations and venues. I play public and private performances and it has served me well. And I've been fortunate to work in Europe and Asia as well as The US. So for those who have not attended my shows, it doesn't mean I'm not performing.” WellsMeanI CanDifferentPlayShowsTalentFitEuropePerformancesBlessedFortunatePianoPerformingAsiaVenuesConfigurationPerforming Live Author:Oleta Adams
“Of course performing talent, that's clear. Maybe this is not so well-known among young people who are interested in music, who are talented in music, but they're trying to figure out how to go about it.” PeopleTryingWellsYoungCoursesKnownClearTalentFiguresPerformingWell Known Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent' was performing with her!” LooksAmericaTalentPerformingLook UpAndrea Author:Jackie Evancho
“There is a lot of incredible talent out there, however, talent alone is not enough. Being a great singer does not matter, if you are not singing great songs. Having great songs will not be obvious to record executives if they are not professionally produced. Consistently performing those songs extremely well is essential.” IfsWellsDoeMatterEnoughSongRecordsTalentEssentialsSingingIncrediblesObviousSingersPerformingExecutivesConsistently Author:Wendy Starland