Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.
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I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great.
Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.
It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions.
I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.
I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!
I never engage negatively with reviewers. If someone says something that enrages me, I do what I do on stage. I make a joke about myself and move on. Sometimes people say things that are manifestly wrong or even apparently malicious. That's fine, too. It's a response.
If someone criticizes me, I strike back.
Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.
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