Quotes About Response

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'

If you're open for praise, you have to be open to criticism.

I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France.

If you play well, you are praised; if you play badly, you are criticised. Everyone should try to manage it the way they want to.

As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

The experience of prayer when there is no awareness of God and no apparent response from ourselves should not lead us to escape from prayer or give it up.

In my opinion, it is a mistake to expect in prayer a response from God. Often, God's response is outside prayer. And often, we do not link up an outside response with the effort we put into prayer.

Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.

Well, 'Diablo III' went from no players to over 10 million in a very short period of time. It's really difficult to predict that type of response.

The fact is that a ghastly class prejudice defines our response to the Indian Diaspora.

I'm able to look the person acting across from me and respond to that. There are times when it becomes so lonely and painful, but I think I'm able to overcome them because I realize that the more fiercely you prepare for a role, the more the audience can feel it.

The idea of interviewing someone is that you are getting their first off-the-cuff impression or response. You don't want them to have the chance to really prepare.

There's nothing like getting caught flat-footed in an emergency to convince us to better prepare for the next one.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

First of all, I don't think that America is truly prepared for a biological or a chemical attack. However, we are moving in the right direction.

Well, I'm not excusing the fact that planning and preparedness was not where it should be. We've known for 20 years about this hurricane, this possibility of this kind of hurricane.

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

It's the first time I've ever done anything like that. It took longer than I expected. I've gotten a lot of E-mail since I got back, saying they thought I did a good job and presented the case well.

I just like to stay ready for whatever presents itself.

We must remember that coronavirus is a new disease, which presents new challenges.