Brutal Quote by Melissa Etheridge

Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.

— Lord Acton

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

— Paul Dano

What I have noticed which I'm not nuts about that the trend that a lot of shows are hiring the American Idol type of…

— Hugh Panaro

I think nowadays we're often sidetracked by what somebody got popular doing with all due respect to what they do, but it should be…

— Kelly Rowland

Of course, we need not be surprised if artistic excellence goes unrecognized on account of being unknown; but there should be the greatest indignation…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

I'm sure some people might be offended by that, but this is my feeling about show business. It's not all about pure talent. There…

— Howard Stern

I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.

— Susan Ann Sulley

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent…

— Rahul Dravid

I think it comes down to the type of personality that the performing arts seem to attract. And that's outgoing, very sensitive - sometimes…

— Audra McDonald

I've always found that there are loads of people out there with real talent will never get discovered. Shows like 'The X Factor' can…

— Jay Sean

I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're…

— Neil Patrick Harris

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty…

— John Turturro