For filmmakers who’ve made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I’m bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir… to the scope of a Tom Hooper. – Russell Crowe
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis! – Ryan Reynolds
Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill. – Ron Silver
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them. – Pat Metheny
Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don’t try it without that 10 per cent. – Richie Benaud
A resident’s surgical skill is judged by their technique and speed. You can’t be sloppy, and you can’t be slow. – Paul Kalanithi
Psychology is the only necessary skill for running for president. Trump knows psychology. – Scott Adams
The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill. – Robert Heller
The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film. – Vin Diesel
Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don’t have desire as a modern dancer, forget it. – Twyla Tharp
We’re all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. – Sugar Ray Leonard
We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It’s not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. – Travis Barker
Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. – Sam Mendes
There is nothing that human imagination can figure brilliant and enviable that human genius and skill do not aspire to realize. – William Godwin
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you’ve got a good writer. – Theodore Sturgeon
Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion. – Thomas Frank
Making duck calls is the hardest thing that we make, so there’s skill involved, and they’re all handmade. – Willie Robertson
The beauty of making theater is that you have to go and do it the next day. Making a show nightly is a really difficult skill. It’s something every theater actor and every theater maker is challenged with. – Thomas Kail
