T. J. Miller Quotes

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

I'm always willing to look at my actions, and do them better.

I do not take to the field to defend myself from certain criticisms. If I do, in this kind of career, it is because I'm very self-critical.

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

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.

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

I have considered myself a mature actor.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

I'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better artist.

For our improvement we need a mirror.

I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me, every film is a learning experience.

Dig for feedback on yourself. You need to have the courage to ask for feedback. You need to learn how you can learn how to grow. It is important that you are going to be a lifelong learner.

I don't feel competitive toward other actors. I'm competitive with myself.

I don't believe in competing with other actors. I believe the only person you can compete is with yourself. You can only do better work compared to your earlier work.

I think a lot about my own game.