I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my…

Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much…

— Saint Basil

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed…

— LeRoy Neiman

You don't need a critic to tell you people aren't laughing.

— Chris Rock

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.

— Arna Bontemps

I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows.

— Jennifer Saunders

I can tell when an actor's forcing tears, and it's tricky because you then have to film it and edit in a certain way…

— Drew Barrymore

A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself.

— Kenneth Williams

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

— Jeffrey Katzenberg

You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.

— Natasha Leggero

I direct as an actor. Many times, I will say, 'Let me try this.' And I'll walk the scene through and see what I…

— Peter Bogdanovich

The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego.

— Robert Picardo

It doesn't matter if a character is a lawyer, a cop or a geography teacher. If there's a story in there, where the character…

— Clive Standen

The way I choose voice talent is I don't let them tell me who the actor is.

— Kelly Asbury

Roman Polanski actually said as much to me once. He had his head in his hands, and I said, "Roman, I've got to tell…

— Olivia Williams

You can always tell when an actor has grown a 'rhino skin' to protect themselves. It comes across on screen, and they aren't believable.…

— Emma Stone