Skill Growth Quotes

I had a talent for scoring films. I just developed it.

I do think you are mainly thrown into one medium as an actor, and then hopefully you grow from there.

Me being at Coventry, instead of a big Premier League club, probably helped me develop. You don't get put in the academy system, playing Under-18s and Under-23s.

I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The Town,' I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. 'Argo,' I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography.

Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us.

As far as the talent goes, when you see somebody who's really hungry and talented and has a bright future, you are willing to allow them to spread their wings and try things. And sometimes they are going to make mistakes, and you're going to have to reel them in and control them. And if it gets too bad, you have to really step in.

Acting is a weird thing. You've gotta do it to get better, and you've gotta try things to grow.

Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.

You get better by playing, honestly. That's where you develop as a player is to play through mistakes in game action.