Unfiltered Feedback Quotes

I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.

I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films; I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.

With social media, you have this new kind of way to communicate with people that's very immediate, sometimes alarmingly so, sometimes painfully so. If you could just hold some objectivity, a very direct, unfiltered, raw reflection of the way something is landing in the culture without any spin, or filtration, or anything, it's very raw.

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

On the street, people aren't bashful. They will say if they like something or if they think it sucks.

'Speak truth unto power'. What does this mean? It means giving your best advice to superiors based on the best information available and objective analysis even when you know it may not be music to their ears

A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in.

If I start mining for opinions on hundreds of websites that have fan forums, I'll be totally distorted in my view of myself. I'll lose myself in all that.

When you do TV, people will say to you right on the street how they're feeling, with no reservations.

To me, kids are the greatest audience and the greatest critics in the world.

Most people don't walk around knowing what other people think about them, and I don't think it's healthy to know what faceless strangers who you'll never meet say about you.

My mom has this thing where she doesn't sugarcoat stuff.

Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.

Don't accept the post or stay unless you have an understanding with the President that you're free to tell him what you think "with the bark off" and you have the courage to do it.

I have seen many a tear-strewn individual during my time working on daytime TV's morning sofas: individuals encouraged to share their views, ill prepared for the backlash that social media will deliver direct to you, unregulated and unrelenting.

My family is my biggest critic. Since they come from a non-filmi background, they give me an audience's point of view. They have been very supportive of me.

We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.

I'm not saying the persona on 'Strictly' isn't me - it's just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of who I am, isn't what I'm there for. I'm there to judge and to give an honest opinion, even if it's not the opinion someone wants to hear.