Ben Brantley Quotes

In the old world, people used to have to go to focus groups and ask people what they thought. Now, people are writing all over the Web what they think about things.

I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the Internet; everyone is experiencing things at the same time.

Anybody could put their thoughts on a record out there. I think the world of reviews and opinions is now very much a meritocracy.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions.

My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not.

When you have critics filing on Twitter, it leaves no time for thought and perspective.

Now everyone is a critic.

I haven't read a single word that a critic has written about me since 1994.

Who needs fan mail when you have the Internet?

I always separate myself from reviews, but tweets and Instagram comments, they go directly to my phone. It's hard to keep up.

I tend not to read reviews; there's too much out there in cyberspace.

The work is done; it is what it is. You do the work, and you hope people like it, and if they don't, don't read it. I don't read reviews. I don't have social media, so I'll stay away from that; it's easy.

Every person with a phone is a critic.

We can't figure out why any time we play in the East, the critics either ignore us or write a pretty bad review of the show.

Honestly, I don't really care what people say on Twitter or what they say if they are cheering for me or not cheering for me.

The rise of the citizen review site is a sobering development. No longer are you on top of the mountain, blasting your marketing message down to the masses through your megaphone. All of a sudden, the masses are conversing with one another. If your service or product isn't any good, they'll out you.

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

I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.

Actually, sometimes in the media, your harshest critics can be your peers.

The critic is the duenna in the passionate affair between playwrights, actors and audiences - a figure dreaded, and occasionally comic, but never welcome, never loved.

It would be so much better if the critics would come, not on first nights, but on last nights, when they could exercise their undoubted flair for funeral orations.

I read reviews every time. I read them all. Sometimes they can be very constructive, sometimes not, but it's always interesting to see the opinion of others on what you are doing. Sometimes I am very furious, but I will never say to a journalist, "Please don't come back to the next show." Never. Because I think that's a very stupid attitude. I am very happy when I see the results of the company and when I see people wearing my clothes or my accessories. I think this is the best answer to criticism.

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT CRITICS, LIKE I SAID THEY DONT BUY TICKETS.

When I see Twitter feeds, when I see words that are people are using to describe Donald Trump, it is incredibly disrespectful to the office.

Everybody is a critic, everybody has a voice, everybody can reach you. Everybody is an expert and that's what makes it fun.