Jodie Whittaker Quotes

Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me.

I can make fun of someone and still be a fan.

All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.

I am not an actor who enjoys negative comments on other heroes.

I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek, and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.

No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not what Broadway's about.

I'm a woman, and anytime you tell a woman that she looks nice, it's not going to upset her.

I really like Rosamund Pike very much.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.

I don't have contempt for Tiger Woods.

If I love a comic but they have an off night, who am I to say they should have taken out this or added that? It doesn't work that way... I have no interest in hurting people's feelings.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

I don't know why, but it means a lot to get a compliment from a woman.

I love Tom Wilkinson and Tommy Lee Jones as well as Jessica Chastain. But the person I look up to most, not because I identify with her roles but because of who she is as a person, is Sissy Spacek.

It's useless to criticize things that people love and something that speaks to them.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

My grandfather criticized me thousands of times, and he gave me a compliment once.

I have the highest regard for Meryl Streep as an actress and think she's a fabulous person as well.

I really love Adina Porter.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

Personally criticizing a member of my staff hardly seemed like the way to negotiate a deal.