Quotes About Feedback

My parents are really honest when they watch something. My nan is brutally honest. She'll tell me, 'Oh, you looked awful in that scene,' and I'm like, 'Well, I was giving birth at the time, so it probably worked with the character, Nan.'

With movies, you get to be in a bubble while you're creating it, and it's not until it comes out that you see whether people like it or not.

I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.

It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.

Generally, screenplays suck.

I'll tell you one thing. I've never heard a director saying that the dailies suck.

If you're in front of a Ring of Honor crowd and you suck, they'll let you know.

I'm going to do everything I can to play at a high level. I say this to a lot of my good friends: 'The minute you see that I suck, tell me and I'm out.' Instead of lying to me, someone let me know!

New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.

Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.

Me being nice or positive is not what people want to hear, which sucks.

With all of my films if I get one bad review and a bunch of good reviews the bad one is the only one that will stay with me, which really sucks!

On the street, people aren't bashful. They will say if they like something or if they think it sucks.

When you get your shoes for the character, no matter what you had planned, as far as how you're gonna move, all of a sudden, you get a certain kind of feedback, in how you connect to the earth and you have to incorporate that.

You live by the media, you live by the polls, you've got to suffer by the polls, too.

The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering.

Insurance suffers traditionally from a lack of contact with customers.

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

It is important to let every employee know where he or she stands throughout his or her time in your business; I would suggest every quarter of the fiscal year. By being honest and open with each team member and their performance, you create value in their efforts.

If anyone wants to ask a question or to suggest something, I'm always open.

After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.

Asking myself, 'Is this any good?' is pointless. It just slows down my writing, and I can't tell anyway. It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.