Worst Critic Quotes & Sayings

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic. — Michelle Fairley

If you're not your own severest critic, you are your own worst enemy. — Jay Maisel

When I'm writing, I'm locking myself in a room. I'm the worst critic in the world. I write something and then I beat myself up. I'm like "Vin, you're retarded, that makes no sense." — Vin Diesel

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist. — Adam Jones

I cannot watch my own dailies, ever. I'm my worst critic. It distracts me. I can watch it when it's done, but I'm not the girl that wants to run back and look at the performance. — Eliza Dushku

Be your own worst critic.
When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't.
Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of. — Paul Arden

You're your worst critic, and I don't like the way I sound on the mic. — Ginuwine

When I look back, I don't have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I'm definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I'm trying very hard not to be that. — Emma Stone

I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time. — Bellamy Young

Don't be your own worst critic. If you're not confident in what you're saying, no one else will be either. — Travis Bradberry

As a writer of criticism, the consumer thing is the least interesting thing, but as a critic, the single worst thing you can do is send a reader to waste time and money on something - even if it's something you personally love. You have to indicate the reasons why you love it and they'll hate it. — Jonathan Gold

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak. — Nile Rodgers

I'm not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don't give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic. — Bill Nighy

I'm my own worst critic, and if I don't pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won't be a happy girl. — Amy Winehouse

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt

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.' — Mary J. Blige

If you are your worst critic, don't be angry if others try to claim the title. — Faydra D. Fields

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability. — Michael Jai White

It's crazy how every guitarist is their own worst critic in many ways. — James Young

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy. — Michael Caine

I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done. — Robert Barry

Recently, I took my son to see The Haunted Mansion, which was one of the worst things (I hesitate even to call it a movie) that I have ever seen. He thought it was better than Finding Nemo and we had a fruitless argument which I'm sure made him acutely aware of the disadvantages of having a film critic for a dad. — A.O. Scott

I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me. — Emmy Rossum

I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now. — Tricia Helfer

The criticism does not hurt because I have always been my own worst critic. I wouldn't say I don't respect other people's opinions, but my opinion is the most important. — Tony McCoy

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it's a craft. — Tobsha Learner

I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic. — Allison Williams

As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else. — Kara Hayward

I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, every like something the first time I listen to it. So I've got to put myself in other people's shoes. — Marc Martel

I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows. — Jennifer Saunders

I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on. — Mandy Moore