Talent Appreciation Quotes

What motivates me is true talent, it's golden when talent acknowledge talent.

I love and admire Pankaj Tripathi as an actor.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

Pakistan never valued Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan saab until English songwriter Peter Gabriel started collaborating with him. After that, the country suddenly realised that they have an amazing talent. This is the story of a lot of artistes there.

It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.

Dakota Fanning is my favorite actress.

I'm so grateful to be able to do music.

I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good guy.

As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.

I wrote on the Grammys, and a few times for Garry Shandling when he was hosting. I couldn't have enjoyed those gigs more, because I would get to collaborate and try to make people I looked up to laugh, but for the most part, when you're as talented as they are, what they really want is someone who can type fast and whose presence makes them feel in the mood to write and spew and be creative, and I was a good person to have in the room.

Billy Campbell who is... I... truly one of the most talented actors today.

When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.

Elizabeth Moss may very well be one of the best actresses I've had the privilege of standing opposite and sharing lines with.

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

I'd love to work with Rachel McAdams, because she's a great actress.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

I've come to appreciate other people's talents.

I'm a big Brad Pitt fan. He's really talented. I think a lot of men are intimidated by him, saying he's just a pretty boy or whatever, but he is a bad man. I think he can act.

Jessica Lange is my all-time favorite actress.

Rob Hardy is such a great director.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

I've always looked up to Nicole Kidman. I think she's an elegant and talented actress. You can tell how much she commits to her characters, and I admire that.