Critics quotes
41 critics quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“Anything complicated is now seen as poison at the box office.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
- La trovi in Money and Actors
“Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.”
- La trovi in Reputation and Popularity
“I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously.”
- From the movie: Flashback
“If you guys ever thought about brightening this place up, like, you know, a few plants, some flowers, you'd attract a better class of criminal. And man, if I can say one other thing, the room service sucks, and so do some of the customers.”
“Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.”
- From the animation: Ratatouille
“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and theirselves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Galaxy Quest
- From the movie: Chopper
“Even Beethoven had his critics. See if you can name three of them.”
- From the movie: Yankee Doodle Dandy
- From the movie: History of the World, Part I
“And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth... the critic.”
- From the movie: Pollock
“- Interviewer: How do you respond to some of your critics? They have said a mop of tangled hair, a child's contour map of the battle of Gettysburg, cathartic disintegration, degenerate. What do you say to that?
- Jackson Pollock: You forgot baked macaroni.” - From the movie: The Osterman Weekend
“- Motorcycle Cop: I like your stuff, Mister Osterman. Only sometimes I think you tend to be a little strident, ya know.
- Bernard Osterman: Strident? Are you giving me a ticket for strident writing, are you? That means the death penalty for Beverly Hills parking violations is coming back too?
- Motorcycle Cop: Have a nice day.
- Bernard Osterman...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: The Dresser
“The critics? No, I have nothing but compassion for them. How can I hate the crippled, the mentally deficient, and the dead?”
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