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I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

I like critics with strong opinions.

Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

I don't read critics, and I don't care what they say. You can't let them steal your soul. You do what the director and production is committed to doing. I just think it's terrible that critics have the power to keep people away from a good production.

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.

I guess you'd have to say that sometimes the audience is smarter than the critics.

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.

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.