John Schlesinger Quotes

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they've often surprised me with how they're received.

The critical reaction to 'Bloom' has been similar to 'Brick.' There are people on board with it and people who are not.

When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.

People are mad about our policies, They’re not necessarily mad at us.

I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.

My films always play better outside of New York, especially to critics.

Did I ever get booed? I don't think I ever got booed.

I got booed a lot of places.

I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn't like the film - fair cop. Others, I think, didn't understand it.

I don't read the reviews, the blogs, or anything else. Instead, I feel the audience when I show the film.

I don't mind about the boos from the audience.

When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to say, 'You're a bum and you can't write. This stinks.' and throw the script in the garbage. The great hope is that they're all going to lift me up on their shoulders and carry me to the streets, singing, 'He's a genius, he's a genius!'

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do. Even if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It's just part of the game.

If the audience doesn't like it, usually they're just silent. But they've never all walked out at once.

Fair or not, it always sucks when everyone wanders back from Sundance talking about how bad the movies were.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging.

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.

Lots of people hate my stuff.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

We never thought the first movie would bomb.

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

When I did the cover of 'Cosmo International,' Turkey picked it up and I got a lot of backlash for it.

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself.

Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.