Quotes About Criticism

I have no issues if audiences don't like a film or a performance, and the film doesn't do well. My problem is when they say that the film was good and performances were excellent, but the film didn't run. I have a problem when that happens.

The biggest problems with movies are expectations.

Being star kids, there are certain expectations to live up to. There's a certain pressure from the public. And, if your film doesn't work, it's even worse.

It is easy for people to sit behind their laptops and assassinate somebody's character.

The minute you're laughing, some people will say you're laughing at people.

And by the way to call Mitch McConnell a leader is a misnomer because he is not leading.

As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.

While I hope that people like my work, I don't think an artist should be afraid of ­people not liking his work.

The idea of someone not liking me or not liking my movie was always easier to deal with than someone really liking it. I don't know why.

I don't mind people liking or not liking me. If you make something and then in the back of your mind you think it could have been a bit better, that can hurt a bit.

If I ever end up on the worst-dressed list, it's not going to make me fall apart.

You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.

I'm from Europe, and I was very aware that there are a lot of literature snobs - especially in Europe. As soon as something becomes a success, it has to be bad, and then they'll do everything they can to stab it to death.

This is hard to say but I think Jurgen Klopp has been a bit blinkered at Liverpool.

In some ways, I was confident as a teenager - I didn't mind standing on stage in front of loads of people - but innately, I didn't believe in myself. I would always put myself down before anyone else could.

I've got a big, long list of stuff you're entitled to hate about my books.

Jive never saw any value in me as a long-term artist. Even as I was doing it they were like, 'You're not really the kind of artist that we'd spend our money on.' They never saw the value of Too $hort and E-40.

Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, 'Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.'

I know there are people out there that no matter what I do, say or become, they're not going to like me. Conversely, there's going to be people that no matter what I do, say or become, they're going to love me.

Everyone has been talking about me. Whether they love me, whether they hate me, whether they love to hate me, I don't really care; they're talking about me.

It's impossible to get everyone to love you.

I think when you have one song that does really well, people love you from that song, or they hate you from that song.

It's New York - it comes with it. If you can't deal with it, you leave. If you lose, they talk about you. When you win, they love you.