Robin Van Persie Quotes

After every game I analyse my performance with the goalkeeping coach in a very critical manner. There is certain criticism you will take on board and other things that do not affect you. You cannot look too far into that because it can destruct you in a certain way.

Every player usually watches their clips back of how they play: mistakes, duels, things that are specific for your game. I wanted to be proud of that and I wanted to see it in person, I suppose, because in the past I have had a lot of criticism for things that I have done.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.

It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!

It doesn't matter to me if I'm in love with my performance, so I watch all of my performances to understand and learn from them and figure out what's working and what's not. And I see the movies that I'm in in the theater a lot.

I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.

Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

I'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better artist.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them.

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.

I sit down with my coach to watch past performances. But I can be very critical. I don't watch myself very often - it makes me cringe!

If you're open for praise, you have to be open to criticism.

Dig for feedback on yourself. You need to have the courage to ask for feedback. You need to learn how you can learn how to grow. It is important that you are going to be a lifelong learner.

If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.

I don't have any problem with criticism. It's an incentive to refine myself.

We are ready to be criticised by any journalists because we know we are not perfect.

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.

I guess it became easier for me to accept negative comments about my work, my profession - anything work-related because like I said I take them as positive criticisms.