Quotes About Perfectionism

I'm my own worst critic.

Sometimes you're your own worst critic.

I am my own biggest critic. I never like what I do.

I am my biggest critic. I am never satisfied with anything.

I hate all of my own matches. I hate all of my own work. I am my worst critic.

I think every athlete is their own biggest critic. That's just who we are. We're so competitive.

I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

I don't like to watch myself. I can't get into the story; I'm too critical.

I am very critical about the way I look.

I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.

I don't say that I'm the best in the country, because I always criticize myself so hard. There are so many things I can say are wrong with my game, and someone can sit there and say, 'Well no, this, this and this are good.' I'm just hard on myself.

I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows.

When you look back at your own story, you may find out that not every 't' was crossed and every 'i' was dotted.

For me, I am not a fan of any of my own matches, and it's both a blessing and a curse. Because I'm never satisfied, I'm always looking to improve in every area.

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.

I edit as I write and shoot. Any extra line, any pause that I know will get chopped on the editing table is done away with then and there.

I think every girl should have a tailor in her phone. It's part of why we beat ourselves up, or why shopping is so frustrating and hard: we have this assumption that when you take something off the rack, it will fit you.

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

Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.

I write slowly, and I write many, many drafts. I probably have to work as hard as anyone, and maybe harder, to finish a poem. I often write a poem over years, because it takes me a long time to figure out what to say and how best to say it.

When I was in grade five or six, I just remember quite a lot of people were always talking about me like I was some kind of math genius. And there were just so many moments when I realized, like, okay, why can't I just be like some normal person and go have a 75% average like everyone else.

Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'

It was always that detail that drove me. Ever since I was a little kid, I used to get into the nitty gritty... when I was drawing army tanks or monsters, I'd do every nut and rivet, and I'd do every scale on the dragon's back. It was just the way I was built.

What did you get, Mr Edwards?' 'Three As.' 'And what were you expecting?' Mr Edwards looks right into the camera and, completely deadpan, says, 'Three As.' For Edwards, the perfectionist, this still wasn't good enough. He wanted no, needed - to be the best and a simple grade wasn't enough to confirm this, even to himself.