Quotes About Critique

Les dispositifs et les ordres les mieux combinés, les plus profondément médités, semblent très mauvais et n'importe quel savant tacticien les critique d'un air entendu quand ils n'ont pas donné la victoire; les pires dispositifs, les mesures les plus contestables paraissent excellents, et des gens sérieux consacrent des volumes à prouver leurs mérites, quand le gain de la bataille s'en est suivi.(Guerre et Paix, livre troisième, 1ère partie, ch. XXVIII)

Watching films I'm in is always a bit odd, especially when I'm watching them for the first time with other people. It's hard not to see my faults.

I have no wish to offend, but I do think that holy cows need challenging.

Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive.

I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not.

I don't tend to offer up a critique unless I have a clearly formulated alternative, because there's nothing worse than people on a set or any kind of artistic life who critique something but who don't have anything to offer.

When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a work-in-progress, they feel bound to offer an opinion.

I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

It actually takes me a few years before I can watch my own shows, and even then, it's still hard. I'll be like, 'Oh my god, that actor was so good with me in that scene, why didn't I see that and interact with him better?'

'Lincoln' was OK; I thought it was a rock-solid eight out of 10, but it shouldn't win all the awards.

I like the Nova Corps; I just don't like Nova that much! He's okay, you know? I just don't like that helmet!

You have to separate the negative into two categories - half of it is sensible, constructive things that has made us better. But half of the negative online is negative for the sake of being negative, and it's important for us to remember it's okay they don't like us, and sometimes there's no point in engaging in that.

When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws.

I feel, it is essential to see oneself on-screen so as to be a better judge of one's performance.

My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.

Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.

If you ask my opinion, I don't look at a film according to its box office collection.

The trouble with socialism is that it takes up too many evenings.

There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

Anything approaching an explanation is always derogatory to a work of art.

You cut life to pieces with your epigrams.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.