Negative Reception Quotes

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.

When I did the cover of 'Cosmo International,' Turkey picked it up and I got a lot of backlash for it.

When people boo you, they're telling you, 'We don't like you.' It's not a good feeling to get that from the fans of an organization you respect so much.

When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?

'McHale's Navy' was a disaster. I'm not pretending it wasn't a disaster.

Getting booed off, definitely not the best feeling.

'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep, deep suburban L.A. neighborhood where they knew people would hate, and they just wanted to spend money to prove that people wouldn't like it. The movie was not a success when it came out.

The U.S. museums weren't looking at my paintings at all - they hated them, irredeemably. People metaphorically threw up when they saw my work! They thought I was enlarging comics, or just copying them.

I have spent a great deal of my time defending my work against those who see it as too complicated, too old in approach, too bleak to qualify as children's literature. This has been the bane of my life.

When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.

For years, Ono's work - musical and otherwise - was, in large part, dismissed and derided; at best, it was often misunderstood.

I like getting booed.

When Phil and I started out, everyone hated rock n' roll. The record companies didn't like it at all - felt it was an unnecessary evil. And the press: interviewers were always older than us, and they let you know they didn't like your music, they were just doing the interview because it was their job.

I'm the worst Bond, according to the internet. Generally hated!

I have made a career of flop films. And yet, 90 percent of my films are celebrated.

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you.

Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.

If a film does not do well, there is a certain period when you do feel low. It affects you because you put in a lot of effort.

First of all, when I was making the decision, I never thought that Pittsburgh fans would want me back. Every time I played there, they were booing me every time I touched the puck. I didn't think it would be such a big deal that I didn't sign with Pittsburgh.

A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love.

Plenty of people detested Michael Jackson before his death wiped away the world's collective memory. Timberlake was originally dismissed as just another boy-bander. Legions have joined in a 'Hate Anne Hathaway' movement. Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Kristen Bell, even Mozart had haters.

It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate.

The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.