Felicity Jones Quotes

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

One of the most important things for me in terms of my working method is doubt. I get very insecure about my ideas. And I don't say 'insecure' in kind of a paranoid way. I mean just: 'Are they good enough?' 'Is this the right thing to do?' I really beat myself up over that.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

I'm artistically critical of my own work.

If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

Well, I'm happier talking about other people than me.

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.

I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?

In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

I'm not good at watching myself.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

Usually, I'm over-analyzing things that have to do with my own actions.

Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.

I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.