David Hallberg Quotes

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.

We can't figure out why any time we play in the East, the critics either ignore us or write a pretty bad review of the show.

While I love dancing, and even acting in 'ABCD' - 'Anybody Can Dance' - was fun, I remain, at heart, a choreographer.

'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly.

All the world's a stage, and all the clergymen critics.

I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

I've never had a movie that got great reviews. I've had movies that got different levels of good and bad reviews, but you can more or less count on plenty of bad reviews.

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.

Never was a memorial yet erected that was not subject to criticism.

I'd like to see some Broadway shows at some point in time.

I was always the kid down the street who got the other kids to put on a show. But it was only when I was 19, and discovered ballet and contemporary dance, that I got interested in the fact that you could have a whole evening of dance - rather than just waiting for the dancers in a musical.

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.

Who knows what critics are thinking? I know that you make more of a name for yourself, make more of an interesting review, if you're kind of mean-spirited.

An actor should be judged by his performance only.

Critics matter to me a lot.

If somebody wants to attack my work, that's one thing - that, I'll respond to.

The only critics who annoy me are the ones who come to my shows even when they're clearly not fans of my work.