Joe Pantoliano Quotes

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.

I believe that everyone has a right to have an opinion about things or people, and fortunately, I have been lucky to have heard usually good things about myself. However, I must admit that people can be quite critical about your role also.

From 'America's Got Talent' I've learned to not look at all the bad comments and just concentrate on the positive.

It's great, and it's nice to have that feeling when you go home, all the people are supporting you. Of course, there are some people that are talking bad things, but it's normal, and I take them like positives, because not all the people can like me, so it's OK.

If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

I can be negatively criticised, but this is actually a positive thing, especially if the critic is smart, and helpful. I am very attentive to critics, they let me go ahead and push myself harder to continue.

A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.

If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.

I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and then when we get another one in he's worse. So, I am always in favor of keeping the one we've got and let the other go.

I would prefer you not to say, "That was the most terribly written piece I've ever read." That would hurt me. But you don't think I'm the best person in the world? Well, alright.

I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.

Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bullshit.

No man likes to live under the eye of perpetual disapprobation.

I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed to him, does not have to open and read.

As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.

It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of kings, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or make violent speeches about them on platforms. Any fool can rip and rend a costly garment, but not every man can cut out and make one. To expect perfection in kings, prime ministers, or rulers of any king, is senseless and unreasonable. We would exhibit more wisdom if we prayed for them more, and criticized less.

No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

You know, you've got fans and 99.9 percent of them are great-and .1 percent are jerks.

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

The more feedback you give to people, the better it is, as long as the feedback is objective and not critical.