Michael Moore Quotes

You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.

I've always had the media going against me every year.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

Plenty of people detested Michael Jackson before his death wiped away the world's collective memory. Timberlake was originally dismissed as just another boy-bander. Legions have joined in a 'Hate Anne Hathaway' movement. Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Kristen Bell, even Mozart had haters.

I was really upset when media portrayed Sandalwood in a negative light. How could they? It's an industry I love so much.

I'm extremely unhappy with the projection of 'Tum' as a hot film. It's demeaning not just to me but to the producer and director.

I get so much backlash in Hollywood.

The media has had its fun with me.

Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw em back at em.

I have been attacked by media critics and just critics of my own for years. And that, unfortunately, is part of the job in 2016 America. I was used to that. And I've developed a thick skin.

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

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.

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right.

People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

I've been worked over by the English press because there's an assumption that my politics are identical with my wife's, and for that matter that my wife's politics are identical with her politics of 20 years ago.

I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on.

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

Attacking me and Fox News is nothing new - it's a cottage industry.