Olivier Dahan Quotes

I don't worry about what the critics say.

I don't pay attention to critics.

I never wish for critics.

I think my favorite fact about myself is that I have never been dismayed by a critic's bilge or bile, and have never once in my life asked or thanked a reviewer for a review.

The critic should describe, and not prescribe.

I haven't read a single word that a critic has written about me since 1994.

Don't pay attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

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.

We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me, I'd stay home under the bed.

I think that we're our own worst enemies in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to doing work where you're criticized a lot or doing work where there's a lot of hater directed at you; and to not constantly second-guess yourself.

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me.

There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.

People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.

Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth.

Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than genius.

The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.

I know many of the critics and I don't think of them as God-like figures. What can they do to hurt me? Sure, I might be slightly embarrassed for a day, but then you just go your own way.

I don't feel any real animosity towards critics when they write negative things. I think some are more perceptive than others. Some are very knowledgeable about painting. But it isn't something I have any influence over, so there isn't any point in worrying about it.

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.