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A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

As much as you may be sitting in the top five or the top 10, sometimes you just don't get that chance to get to the top.

I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.

I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.