Skill Versatility Quotes

I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives.

I've always worked hard at being a well-rounded player.

A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.

I don't think, as a player, I have a weakness on the field. I've done a great job of becoming good at everything, so I think that's what separates me.

I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be. Hitchcock could do anything in my mind. He's the director. That person has to be the best actor, the best designer, the best cinematographer. Then I came to realize that isn't the case. You just need to surround yourself with the best.

The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz.

If I weren't a film maker, I'd probably be a handyman.

Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.

Engineering is a fantastic base for any career.

Thanks to my dad, I've always had it. He always told me how important it was to be versatile. Every time we worked out in the gym, it was always all the skills, not just being a big man.

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

You must develop a sense of what you can contribute that goes beyond 1 company or organization. A career path today will likely involve moving from organization to organization, creating a picture of rising circles, rather than a vertical ladder. In fact, a vertical rise within one organization will very likely move you away from your strongest areas of competence.

People with highly transferable skills may be specialists in certain areas, but they're also incredible generalists - something businesses that want to grow need.