Jennifer Lee Quotes

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

I have to accept constructive criticism.

We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist.

I'm still conscious of whether people really accept me, but that insecurity makes me stronger.

Each human being can at once be a fighter and forgiver. When self-doubt tortures him, he most play the role of a fighter. And when his own ignorance humiliates him, he must play the role of a forgiver.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes.

No matter how talented you are not everyone is going to like you but that's life, stay strong

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

Criticism is always going to be painful. You live through it. I'll live through it now. It's even harder when you're younger. You don't have the maturity. You're still developing. If you get damaged while you're developing, it's a psychological battle after that. Today, if I get the criticism, I'm not bothered...if I wear the wrong thing, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. Maybe when I was younger, I might have been more affected by that.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

I've stopped worrying about whether people think what I do is any good. I've taken stick in the past, and I've genuinely worried and got incredibly upset.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid.

Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

I used to take it much more to heart. Now I realise that negativity has almost everything to do with the person delivering it and very little to do with you yourself.