Agree Quote by Jean Kerr

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

— Tony Kushner

A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.

— Carolyn Wells

Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they…

— Tallulah Bankhead

I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your…

— Adam Rapp

Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of…

— Ben Brantley

Sometimes critics disagree with the audience, and that's fine. I make movies for the audience. I guess I hope that the critics like it,…

— Craig Mazin

I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which…

— James Lipton

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.

— Fiona Shaw

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

Movie criticism is very subjective and everyone has the right to voice their opinion. You go to a movie and decide whether you like…

— Mani Ratnam

I'll never criticize anyone for disliking something I do. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and a critic is being paid for their opinion.…

— Paul Walter Hauser

Critics have to sit through an awful lot of rubbish, and you feel really sorry for them. In fact, I've been in a play…

— Diana Rigg