“You have to have a thick enough skin to cope with the criticism. I'm very self-critical and I have a lot of friends that I trust who are film directors and writers and people in my profession.” PeopleSelfEnoughFilmDirectorsCriticismSkinsCriticalProfessionThickLots Of FriendsFilm Directors Author:George Lucas
“I probably complained more when I was younger. The movie industry can be frustrating but I think sometimes I could have been more helpful, approaching a film as a partnership rather than being critical of a director's ignorance. I wasn't sensitive to the fact that it's very hard to direct.” ThinkingHas BeensSometimesHardFactsFilmIgnoranceIndustryDirectorsDirectCriticalSensitiveHelpfulPartnershipFrustratingCould Have BeenMovie Industry Author:Val Kilmer
“Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much fame as steering a bicycle. It gets him, however, more jobs. If his movie is bad it will attract only critical tut-tut for him. The producer, director and stars are the geniuses who get the hosannas when it's a hit. Theirs are also the heads that are mounted on spears when it's a flop.” IfsWritingJobsStarsGeniusFameDirectorsCriticalProducersBicycleGood MovieSpearsSteering Author:Ben Hecht
“As the director, you're meant to be critical and you are, so there are loads of things. But the thing is, the way I look at it is, to try to get some measure of success, it's dangerous to look at financial or critical success, or positive response as a measure.” WayTryingLooksDangerousDirectorsResponseFinancialCriticalMeant To BeLoadMeasure Of SuccessPositive Response Author:David Slade
“Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.” LooksRealSometimesMovingDirectorsCriticalCommandMoving ForwardInsecure Author:Ben Affleck
“Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character.” FeelsCharacterDirectorsMassThirdsCriticalRight PlaceCritical Mass Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part of me where I'm like, "I really didn't like that movie, but I want to work with that director because he loves actors."” WantTwoFilmActorsDirectorsCriticalNerd Author:Anton Yelchin