Rajiv Menon Quotes

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.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.

I was not really as good as I should have been.

I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better.

I did an OK job in 'Carrie' but wanted to do better.

I sit down with my coach to watch past performances. But I can be very critical. I don't watch myself very often - it makes me cringe!

I'm just trying to up my films - how every film should be better than the previous one. That's what I struggle for.

I just want to take the time to think about what I've achieved in my career so far, where I need to go, and what I need to do to get better as a player.

I always consider myself as good as my last film. I tend to analyse my work very critically.

I often see only my mistakes. I always feel I could have done better. Every artist goes through it.

Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

I don't feel like congratulating myself, because I know there's still a lot of room for improvement.

I am constantly analysing my performances and I tend to focus more on things I haven't done as well as I'd have liked.

As lovely as people are to me about my performance, I'm still a huge critic. I like very little of what I ever do.

Something good happens or something bad, I think, 'What can I do better? What didn't I do this year?'

I've always had a plan for my music career.

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

I've had many ups and downs in my career. I've worked really hard on my game throughout.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

Besides being one of the most ambitious projects I have worked on, 'Mercury' has also helped me enhance my skills as a director.

I love the criticism because if there was no criticism then what can you work on and what can you get better at?

It's definitely something that is a direct reflection in the mirror when you do a reality show. You can see what your flaws are and what you need to work on.

I finally feel like I have enough of the tools to be able to really set the tone for myself with the kind of work I wanna do and the kind of process I wanna have.

I want to constantly do better than my last film.