It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when you feel that it is an absolute piece of tosh. I made the film I wanted to make, so
“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”
“Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!”