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I think to be a movie critic is troubling from one major respect. If you are forced to watch ten movies a week, it's really only something you can do for a few years. After a while, it's a bit too much.

— James Gray

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.

— Terry Hayes

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

— John Landis

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

— Meryl Streep

But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to be a proactive film viewer to have the most provocative cinema life.

— Stephen Hunter

I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies.

— Gina Gershon

I'm probably my own harshest critic. If I get a hundred good reviews and one really bad one, it's that one out of a hundred that I remember. I think we actors are hard on ourselves, and I don't know why that is.

— Tim Daly

I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.

— James Gray

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

— Shia LaBeouf

I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films.

— Paul Schrader

✗Opposing Perspectives

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

— Michael Bay