Quotes About Criticism

I've had lots of people saying very nice things about the work. But I genuinely feel in the course of a writing career you're going to have people say very nice things and some not-so-nice things, and if at all possible you should try to ignore both.

I'm trying to take all the media attention with a grain of salt. It is nice, but you are never as great as people say you are. And you're never as bad as others say you are.

I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.

I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.

I finish the game, and sometimes I don't play very well, and my grandmother calls up to ask why I haven't played well. Instead of being criticised by Pep, it's my grandmother!

Look, does gender play a part in how people perceive Hillary Clinton? Yes. But it's also not the reason people criticize her about the emails or Benghazi.

That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable.

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of the time.

The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

With each film, you are still trying to get the length and measure right. And failure is all about others' perception of you. When you have one success, they think you know it all. But if you fail, they think they know it all.

There was a period... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry James, and I wish he was dead.' Influence is perdition.

It is too bad that the public expects from me, always, perfection which it is impossible for me always to attain. I am not a machine. I am a human being.

I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.

Even top fashion models get critical about one certain part of their body that they do not like. So perfection is impossible.

I was something that is always hated in Hollywood - a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.

A lot of people are gonna hate me before they like me. I'm perfectly fine with that.

You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.

I'm not a big fan of comedy roasts because most of the time I find them to be really mean, but once in a while, you'll hear something perfectly worded and well-crafted.

To be perfectly honest with you, I think that The Darkness is a joke, and that's, unfortunately, exactly what the world wants.

In general, I do not feel the media is very positive toward game performances unless the players play perfectly.

There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.

I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself.

Bejart is almost never performed in New York City; critically, he just gets attacked here.

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.