Meaning of the quote

'Talent will come out' means that if someone has a special skill or ability, it will eventually be noticed and shown to others. It suggests that people with talent don't need to try too hard to make it known - their talent will naturally shine through and be recognized. This quote encourages young learners to focus on developing their abilities and not worry too much about whether others will see their talent right away.

About Ray Walston

Ray Walston was an American actor and comedian who found success on stage, in films, and on television. He won a Tony Award for his role in the Broadway musical Damn Yankees and later went on to star in popular movies and TV shows like The Apartment, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Stand.

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Talent will come out.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

If it’s not in New York, let’s say it’s in St. Louis, then they’ve got to find a place or get with someone who knows about the work… they’ve got to find a place like that and do scenes, and then try to get in plays.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they’d been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I’ve often wondered, when they’ve done Of Mice And Men on stage, and I’ve seen it, how they did that gun thing. I’ve watched it on stage, but I don’t remember it.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I was very conscious of the actor; watched what he did.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I didn’t study acting.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I love going on location, and the location was nice.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I don’t see all the movies that come out.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I feel that the thing that probably aided me the most in that scene with the dog was the utilization and using an actual recreation, affective memory, if you want to call it, of pain.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I have worked with some very great directors.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

But I would like to think that it’s the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I don’t watch television.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

If they’re working in a workshop somewhere, where there is, let’s say, uh… only twenty people, or something like that, that’s still, when they work and do a scene, that’s still working in front of somebody.

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian