You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.
There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.
Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.
That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.
I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.
I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.
This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.
I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.
Regardless of your marital status, your age, or the language you speak, you are a beloved spirit daughter of Heavenly Father who is destined to play a critical part in the onward movement of the gospel kingdom.
Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.
The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
Don’t answer every critic. Sometimes, the answers you give may be right but misconceived and misunderstood.
But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.
