W.E. is Madonna's first film as director and received some negative reviews when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
Speaking at the Toronto Film Festival, the singer said she wanted reviewers to focus on her work as a director ? not on her personal life.
"I can tell when people are reviewing my film and when they're reviewing me personally," she said.
"I welcome criticisms of my film when it's viewed as an artistic form and not when people are mentioning things about my personal life or my achievements in any other field because they're irrelevant to the film. So when they stick to the film then I do care, I pay attention to it."
Madonna said she has always been fascinated by the relationship between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII. Despite being based on true historical figures, the film is not a straight-forward biopic but vacillates between the historical love affair and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
While she takes her work seriously, the director said there was plenty of time on set where the cast relaxed with one another.
"We did have sing alongs. It was a way to pass time. When it was pouring down rain and you were shooting outside and you were stuck inside some grey dirty shack waiting for the sun to come out, what can you do but make up a song."
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