Approach Quote by Robert Gottlieb

At the core, I am an actress. And I think, in a way, that's a good thing in that I am, I think, empathetic…

— Patricia Clarkson

There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize the work…

— Peter Bogdanovich

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

— Bill Forsyth

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but…

— Lili Taylor

When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious art film.…

— Brett Ratner

If people are reacting to films based on their degree of success or failure, then they're not really looking at the movie. I don't…

— Matt Dillon

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

Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

— Stephen Frears

People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling.

— David Leitch

I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.

— Jurnee Smollett

“This whole, crazy fucking business can be reduced to one little word, one word explains it all. I'm going to give you the benefit…

— David Handler

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.

— Etan Cohen