Quotes About Criticism

Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you've done or didn't do in your relationship - and it's just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.

I just look at Miley Cyrus, and I'm like, 'Great, you've doubled your audience. But you've also doubled the number of people that hate you, and doesn't that hurt?' It takes a crazy person not to be affected by that.

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

Every person with a phone is a critic.

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

Now everyone is a critic.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

I think to be a movie critic is troubling from one major respect. If you are forced to watch ten movies a week, it's really only something you can do for a few years. After a while, it's a bit too much.

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

My mother is my best friend and my biggest critic.

To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms.

Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time.

You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.

I am very critical about the way I look.

Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years.

You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times.

A lot of Chinese don't understand why people in the West are critical of China.

I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... but after making those movies, I thought, 'I wouldn't watch my own movies when I was 16, and my buddies where I came from wouldn't watch my movies, because they were boring.'