At the end of the day, it seems like there's a critic archetype for food movies, like with 'Ratatouille' or anything. You know, if you were doing a puppet show about chefs, one puppet would be the chef, one would be the critic.
How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.
My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.
I'm not a critic, and I never talk about other people's work.
I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance.
I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.
I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'
Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye.
When I am on E! for the 'Fashion Police,' I only care about being a critic. It loses me many friends.
I definitely like the oddballs. There's a song called 'Little Thing,' which is the only song that I have recorded that has no words. And it's the one that I get past my critic inside me.
I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.
A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
'The Critic' was so absurd, and I loved that. I loved working with Jon Lovitz, I think he's got a great, great voice for animation.
It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.
Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.
I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.
The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.
You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.
I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched hats from a critic of Israel to a diplomat who wants to resolve the conflict. I have not changed, but I think the spectrum has moved.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.
The critic has to do more of what the book critics and art critics have done in the past. Which is give you a context for understanding the restaurant, give you a better way to appreciate it, give you the tools to go in there and be a more informed diner who can get more pleasure out of the experience.
