Talent Range Quotes

I was not easy to cast, but also, I have never been typecast.

I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that.

It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

There was a time when I was like, 'I'm a dramatic actor,' 'I'm a comedian'... There's no line anymore. You have to be able to cross over.

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

I'm not a one-trick horse.

Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.

I have always believed that an actor cannot afford to have a favorite genre. He must excel in every kind of film and fit in with every director's vision.

People forget that the same man who did 'Star 80' and 'All that Jazz' also did 'Pardon Me Miss But I've Never Been Kissed.'

I want people to see I can do a variety of roles, not just tailback.

In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent.

Something that is unique to coaching young people is there is such a range of talent, skill development and personality. And it's important to coach age-appropriately. You want to instill the fundamentals, always. But the right fundamentals.

I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.

For me, I know my capabilities and the spectrum I can cover as an entertainer.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

Just because someone raps, doesn't mean that's all they can do. A lot of people are multi-talented.

The good and wonderful thing about my whole career is that I've always felt that the audience, if I do it well, will track wherever I go, whether it's President or a lawyer or bad guy or good.

People sometimes think that if someone plays basketball, they have to do that one thing they're great at. But I like being able to show that you can do more than one thing and do it at a high level.

I don't need to do only one thing, you know? Even in the entertainment industry, nobody's 'just a singer.'

If you only took on roles that had the same qualities, then I suppose it might make a critic feel better, if he can see some kind of bedrock. Perhaps that's the old definition of a star, someone who's always going to come up with the same goods. But it intimates limitation to me and I don't want to think of the job like that.

As an actor I believe in doing all sorts of genres.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture.

The dream as an actor is being able to bounce back and forth between different things.

What I am always careful about is not to repeat the same kind of roles.