Tyler Hoechlin Quotes

I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

People don't stop me on the street and throw things at me. But I'm aware of what that dynamic is, so whenever people react strongly to a character and say that they hate me, I take it as a job well done. And for most people, there's a sense of removal. Most people are not saying, "Oh, my god, I hate you!" Most people that have reactions say, "I love to hate your character."

I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.

I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.

...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.

People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care.

I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'

Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

Whenever somebody hates you too much it usually means they have deeper feelings for you because nobody bothers to hate you unless they actually feel something.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.

If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your job. You've evoked something.

I'd rather create something that gives people a very strong reaction than create a show that someone looks at and says, 'Hmm. Fine.'

I'd rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I'd rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn't mean that people hate me.

It's fashionable to be indifferent to other people's suffering

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

When a film is reviled, you open a film and people say "Oh, it's the stupidest thing, it's the worst movie." You think: oh, nobody's going to ever speak to you again. But, it doesn't happen. Nobody cares. You know, they read it and they say "Oh, they hated your film." You care, at the time. But they don't. Nobody else cares.

I have this self-conscious inclination to just say "anyone who hates it, that's cool that's fine!"

The ferocity of passion that is engendered by people when they don't like what you've done is really tremendous. It's intense.