Lance Burton Quotes

I don't read reviews until after I'm done with a production, but when I do finally get to them, I'm always sort of floored by what the bad ones say.

Some people like my singing. But it sounds like bad singing to a lot of other people.

There are a lot of movies that are badly made that I love, and there are a lot of movies that are just beautifully made but I don't like them. And critics have a tendency - that's all they focus on, which is, "I like it. I don't like it. It's good. It's bad."

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.

I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.

In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

I think good taste is completely subjective. If you enjoy something, that's great! Enjoy it, and don't let anyone tell you not to.

I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play.

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book.

I don't care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it. It amuses me when critics take something so irrelevant as a movie so seriously.

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion.

I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.

Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing.

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.

You either like something, or you don't; you won't change your opinion because somebody explains why you should like it.

Actually, I love the Abstract Expressionists - or I like the ones I like, anyway.

I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me in that bare fact by writing an intelligent review.

I make films that are what they are. Some people like them, and some people don't.

If you ask my opinion, I don't look at a film according to its box office collection.