Demetri Martin Quotes

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.

I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of 'Johnny' and how he so successfully staged this takeover of 'Michael Pennington.' 'Johnny' is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I'm not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around.

Not everybody agrees on what's funny, obviously.

Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it.

The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things... I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.

Being a sensitive, thoughtful person opens you up for criticism and being affected by it.

There's always going to be people who will criticize my performance. Sometimes, it gets irritating. Sometimes I just brush it off and say these people don't know what they are talking about.

Just because you’re offended, it doesn’t mean you’re right.

I have people criticizing me every day - even on my own website - so when you have people that are constantly bringing you down, it's not that hard to stay grounded.

I have learnt from experience that being insecure never helps, and neither does pulling anyone's leg.

I try not to hear anything negative about me, and if I do hear it, I try to block it out.

The problem is most people in the world can't take criticism.

I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.

I have that weird thing where, if someone confronts me, I just get as bold as possible.

When someone praises me, I get wary. If someone has something negative to say, I invite them over for a long chat. They are important for my growth as an actor.

Some players benefit from criticism, but for others, they don't.

The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.

Teach your kids emotional intelligence. Help them become more evolved than you are. Explain that, for instance, not everyone will like them.

Sometimes the worst things that you can say really teach you a lot about what you can learn.

I'm really good at laughing at myself.

One of the most powerful lessons I learned is when you make an argument in a film, you have to make sure both characters are right.