Quotes About Validation

Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

Talent needs credibility.

I'm looking for personal credibility as an entertainer.

I was worried that acting would somehow ruin any credibility I had as a musician.

People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions.

I've always felt that people put me down, and I'd fight back. I played football 15 years, and nobody gave me any credit, and they never will do.

In 2007, people tried to belittle me a little bit and sort of take the credit away from me and my team and what we achieved.

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

Don't be your own worst critic. If you're not confident in what you're saying, no one else will be either.

Rush Limbaugh criticizes me a lot on the air. I take that as a badge of honor.

It is not like I want all my films to run for more than 100 days. But I can't stand it when my movie is criticized.

When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

When I was younger, I used to dunk and they criticized me for the dunk. They said I couldn't be an All-Star because I dunked too much. So in order to get the respect from the people, I felt like I had to change my game.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

There's nothing more satisfying than having an idea and seeing it through to find out that, not only did you like it, but the audience and critics all seemed to agree.

When you're a star, critics can't make or break you.

Critics help you progress: you end up working more; you want to show them they are wrong.

Maybe one day I could make a film which works at the box-office and the critics also like it.

When I come home and have a new song I've written, she gives me an honest critique. If my wife likes it, I know I have something.

When I first heard my song on the radio, I started crying. My baby was out there, and it all became very real.

It's part of the gift and the curse of coming behind my brother. I'm not afforded the luxury of just taking a set casual, taking the night off. Because if I bomb, it's, 'Oh, he's not funny - he's just doing it because of his brother.'

You can't just go careening toward your idea without checking in with customers and people who might use it and making sure you're on to something.