Ever since I left the 'Sunday Times' there has been a group of scribes waiting for me to fall on my face, and having a go at my commercial record, looking to pick holes in it.
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.
In the small amount of modeling work I've done, I'm always told that I never smile.
When you are on set, you are not your best judge because it is hard to step back when you are into the character.
I read reviews of critics I respect and feel I can learn something from. Right now there are a lot of bottom-feeder critics who just have access to a computer and don't necessarily have an academic or cinema background that I can detect, so I tend to ignore that and stay with the same top-tier critics that I've come to respect. I like reading a good review - it doesn't have to be favorable, but a well-thought-out one - because I very much appreciate the relationship of directors and critics.
I'm in a unique position, reviewing products for a living, as well as having a successful cosmetics company.
Picking out Vince Russo's faults could be a full-time job for somebody.
I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production.
It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another. That's a job best left to critics.
A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly to Hoover - that - the director should see this - 'And, besides, Hentoff is a lousy writer.' And I thought that went a bit far.
Once, I got slaughtered after 'Blade Runner' by Pauline Kael: three pages of slaughter. I was so offended, I would never read any more press.
If Martin Scorsese thinks you stink, you stink.
The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
I am not afraid of lawyers as I used to be. They are lambs in wolves' clothing.
I tried to do a comic strip. I came close, and I met with Universal Press Syndicate in Kansas City, but ultimately, they did not go with my strip.
As a model, part of my job is to be critiqued physically.
Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate us, be specific.
I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation.
I really wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist, but nobody liked my work. I didn't have the control or flair that was necessary to create something that didn't look childish.
