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"I basically expect anything. Isn't that wild? I used to surprise myself a lot: certain moves, how I'd get out of trouble. But at some point, you accept the talent that you have, you accept your creativity."
"Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent."
"If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent."
"I'd like to say I'm one of the tight ends here and I hope this week helps me show that I do have the talent to be considered that."
"At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise."
"When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen."
"Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never"
"All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful."
"I can ask someone to let me into all aspects of their life for several years, but people have got to have that gift: that courage and that talent for opening their lives to the camera. Being candid is a gift, and that's what the audience responds to. Part of it is me asking, and part of it is just their inherent talent, which is what you are looking for when you make documentaries - people that are really going to let you in on what they are going through."
"Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard."
