Darryl Pinckney Quotes

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

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

There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

When I started acting, I used to read all the reviews.

It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.

I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

I do take things away from reading reviews. I think they keep you honest.

I don't read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.

I'm not someone who complains in any way about how things move forward, unless somebody actually does a really crappy job.

We show a player every good thing he does for the team, but if he makes a bad thing for the team, he will also hear about that, in front of the other players.

If you do not play well, it is normal that they criticise you. But criticism is part of the game, so you accept it.

There's always going to be people who will criticize my performance. Sometimes, it gets irritating. Sometimes I just brush it off and say these people don't know what they are talking about.

It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.

I don't think you can let comments affect you too much as then you are not doing your job properly.

I have dealt with criticism from my first drama, and I think that is a part of our profession. It brings me down but definitely pushes me to do better.

I do wish that reviews were less like book reports. There was an era when reviewers had something to say about a book: when they painted context and drew conclusions. Many reviews these days are little more than plot summary.

Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

Critics matter to me.

You can always criticise people, the players are aware we can improve in a number of areas.

Criticism is part of football, but we have to work.

I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes I think it's on point, and other times, I think about it and consider it and then might ultimately disagree with it. But I do listen to it; I really do.

I love just being in the moment, and the most present I feel in my work is with theatre.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.