What I learned at Miramax is that if you see where extraordinary creative talent can be brought into the family, move quickly, because if you don't, someone else will.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.
I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.
Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to establish routines for themselves.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new identity: prodigy.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
It's one of the wonderful things that the Academy does - a talented person comes along like Mira Sorvino, and it elevates them up to stardom.