Baltasar Gracian Quotes

It's kind of tough to get noticed. Sure, I can kick my leg over my head, but how do I get noticed?

I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about when are we going to be put in those positions where we can shine.

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.

If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.

You put a microphone in my hand on live TV, and that's just an opportunity for me to get ahead in life. That's the way I look at it.

People seldom get the right platform or direction. I have seen a lot of people who did not get the right place to showcase their talent.

If you don't toot your own horn, it goeth untooted.

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

I'd much rather be in this position where people might be talking about me as a contender than turning up and sort of being a no-show.

Some people are the best lyricists, got the most gas, but they don't know have the personality or the people skills to go out there and network and get they recognition and they name out there. Sometimes people can get in the way of they own selves man, real talk.

'Idol' was more of a competition, and that was more of a platform that I wanted to get a hold of and get on top of. And I finally got that opportunity, and now it's more like, I just gotta show and prove myself to everybody that I'm not just the 'balladeer.'

When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point.

Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning.

Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.

To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

It's not like I think: 'By the age of 40 I've got to be an international household name.' When the opportunity to perform comes up, then I'll take it. It's really good fun. But because I don't crave the attention or the buzz, it's not like I'm desperate for it.

The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

You need a big ego to be an artist.

I lack confidence, but I've been so lucky the way jobs have come to me, and I'm so grateful for them. I know how many brilliant actors there are out there who aren't getting the chances. While the work is there, I will grab it with both hands. It could all end tomorrow. You never know what's around the corner.