Linda Cardellini Quotes

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

They've been bashing me since I started making films.

I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'

We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.

I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.

It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.

Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they do, there's going to be a certain amount of criticism because that's kind of what happens.

The judgment, criticism, and rejection you face as an actor can be overwhelming.

When people write things on the Internet about me that aren't true, it's tough to deal with. Even if you're the most mellow person in the world, stuff like that bothers you eventually.

I have a very thick skin altogether - surprisingly, many actors are rather fragile, but I get that of the 10 million people watching an episode, probably 3 million hate me, and I'm comfortable with that.

I tried not to let all the criticism affect me, but it obviously does not go unnoticed.

I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.

I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'

Did I ever get booed? I don't think I ever got booed.

When a guy would write some scathing article about me, that used to really bother me. I didn't get it. I'm like, What is that? You don't know me... That ate me up.

I know people will criticise when you play bad; that is part of this job, and I am fine with that. That is not a problem. The problem is the insults. That is what hurts the most.

No one ever has a chance to get to know the real me because I do play a bad guy, and sometimes it's hard to soak in the comments or the negativity because that's the response you want to elicit. I am a normal person, but that's part of the job. I'm playing a character, and that's my role.

It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more.

I don't care for media or people being critical of me.