Did I really stink? How actors cope with a critical mauling
Meera Syal ignores them, John Hurt gets drunk and writes to them, Peter Egan thinks he's fair game ... Five actors tell us how they respond to the critics' Diana Rigg: No Turn Unstoned " a gossipy whizz through one-star reviews' Lyn Gardner gives one star to Nancy Dell'Olio's fringe debutIt was 1965 and I was appearing in Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs. This critic gave it a good trouncing. His n…