Critics Quote by George Lucas

It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not…

— Richard Linklater

There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics…

— George Lucas

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…

— Willem Dafoe

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…

— Blythe Danner

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

— John Landis

. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead…

— Orson Welles

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

— Gina Gershon

I don't like critics; I really don't like them. I think most of them are ignorant and don't have a clue!

— John Rzeznik

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…

— Paul Schrader

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…

— Michael Bay

Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they would like…

— Mark Lawson

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…

— Duke Ellington