Quotes About Criticism

You have no idea how many doors closed on me and how many adults were either initially reluctant to take a chance working with me or who outright laughed at me behind my back.

Believe me, I've taken a lot of heat for my mustache.

If somebody comes up and says something good about you, that is never taken as an adhesive thing like something negative about you.

When it came to the Hall of Fame, I've been very critical of the direction they've taken and I'd feel like a hypocrite if I just accepted this Hall of Fame while I'm so against what they're doing.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

I think Russell Brand's books should be criticised for being rubbish - but it is true that there's a professional class of opinion-former who has a financial interest in their job not being taken away.

I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20 years, I have taken any number of stories, most of which are not true, without a murmur of complaint. But some stories you have to draw the line and say No.

Claudia Rankine's book-length poem 'Citizen' was nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards in the categories of poetry and criticism. It is one of the most devastating takes on American culture I have read in a long time, laying bare the stakes of being black in a country long ambivalent about our presence here.

Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them.

You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.'

All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

I insulted people. I had to - they deserved it. They didn't have any talent. They stunk. They were horrible! But it made it for a fun show.

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

Judi Dench should be ashamed of herself for being so talented and working so much.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

I've heard that kind of weird backward compliment often - 'She's so talented, but not pretty.'

I love Justin Bieber. There are times where people only report negative things about him, but everyone forgets how incredibly talented he really is.

Watching her, I've seen the pros and cons of being in the industry, and how so many people can be so harsh - especially toward someone as talented as Miley. But I look up to her for being so strong, being able to take all of that hate and being able to deal with people who misunderstand who she is.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

You'll go down a dark road if you just dwell on every time you screw up. We play a very fickle position. If I make nine kicks out of 10, people are going to talk about the one I missed.

I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.'