Quotes About Evaluation

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.

Once, I went to the premiere of a film, and the producer asked me if I liked it. I said it's crap. But I don't say that anymore. Now I say I have to think about it. If you ever hear me say that, you know the answer!

Honestly, I had a kid, so you watch the movies your kids want to watch. I'm also a producer, so when I watch movies, I look at them from the genre they are, the budget they had, and the time they had to produce it. That's how I evaluate their success.

My wife - an ex journalist and current TV producer - has a rule that she taught me at the start of B3ta. Does the item make you laugh, or does it make you go, 'Oh my God?' If you score on either count, then you have something that is worth sharing.

I was always critiquing my work. I let everybody else around - producers, directors, other actors - they give the nod of approval or the praise. Because I tried to always bring the best, so even if they were happy with it, I was still scrutinizing it.

When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.

When you're producing your own record, you do your best to be objective and take a step back from it from time to time.

I don't listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end product.

I hate the fact that people can judge based on something that isn't fully given to them. Like, this isn't the full product.

If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a whole and determine whether its effect is good or bad.

I don't read reviews until after I'm done with a production, but when I do finally get to them, I'm always sort of floored by what the bad ones say.

People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it.

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask oneself, 'Is this worth a grown man's time?'

I feel as much pressure as anyone does about their work, really. You just want to be productive; only difference is that the work is seen and judged by a few more people.

That's not my position to compare myself to other guys. I look at it as can I be productive, can I get the job done?

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

I think if I had to choose another profession, I'd like to be a judge because I'm very capable of determining what's right and what's not.

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

I think self-criticism is sort of a given when you're an actor. It's also about being curious and not being flippant. Anyone who accepts being in this noble profession is automatically self-critical.

Flattery and criticism are always in our profession.

Sometimes the best thing to do is to take a step back and get a little bit of a different perspective and re-evaluate things.

It's weird watching games and being apart from it but seeing teams that could use you in certain situations. You see where you could help different clubs in different ways.

It's hard to be at your best and to know exactly what is your best at all times because even when you do see yourself, you think you could be better, and you often feel that there is something you could have done differently.