How Ariana DeBose Has Become a 'Healthier Being' From Facing Criticism in Hollywood

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00:00You know, I have had quite the journey with criticism over the last few years,

00:06or at least for me, it was my own personal journey.

00:10And I think, again, you have to get really good at taking things with a grain of salt.

00:15And when I've had those moments where I have felt heavily criticized or critiqued,

00:23I do take a minute and consider the source, or sources,

00:28and I have decided for myself, and it has helped me create a heavier or healthier,

00:34heavier, healthier way of being.

00:39There's a great quote that it's like,

00:42don't take advice from people who are not in the arena.

00:47Do not listen to criticism from people who are not in the arena.

00:51And that has been very helpful to me.

00:55I don't necessarily think that all criticism is bad criticism.

00:59But I think the way that we, or at least the society we're living in today,

01:05is the first thing we do is criticize.

01:09It's as if we have lost the ability to see the light in something,

01:14or the intention behind something.

01:17And the first thing we do is find fault, or why it's less than.

01:23And that is so wholly uninteresting to me.

01:25So I just don't take advice or listen to criticism from people who are not in the arena anymore.