Quotes About Ego

I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego.

My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

For me, it's about surrounding myself with the best, most talented team out there, and not ever being afraid of being the worst guy in the room. It's ego-crushing, yeah. Every day is ego-crushing. But it keeps you sharper than you can imagine.

I was only ever part of 'Lost' - a very small part of an extremely talented writers' room, where as a writer, it's sort of your job to sublimate your ego and work in the service of the show and the show's voice.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

Extreme narcissists exaggerate their achievements and talents, and so Trump has spent his life building up a false image of himself - not just for others, but for himself, to protect his deeply fragile ego. He lies endlessly, not just in the way sociopaths do, which is to con others, but also to delude himself.

People who are successful should never forget that it's 90 per cent luck. You've got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - 'Blankety Blank,' the talk show, when I was winning every award going.

My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the content, he's just hearing him. When I'm onstage, he's looking at the audience members and can't believe that there are strangers listening to me, and he's just delighted by the whole thing.

I've talked to other players that have been to the Super Bowl and about what happened the next year. Everybody becomes stars. Everybody feels like, 'I'm the man.'

The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

If the movie is good then great, but if it's not then God, I feel so bad for that person with their face fifty feet tall, all blown up. Some people would be happy with that, that as long as their face was out there they're stoked about it. I'm not like that.

Bollywood is neither an industry nor a corporate house. It's a jungle of ambition where every one wants to grow taller than the other.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.

You get tangled up in your own ego of how you're perceived. You can lose your way.

I prefer Abomination. It fits better on a T-shirt. I'd comp you one, but we don't have any big enough for your ego.

You're saying you're a better person than me?" Kasabian thinks about it. "Yeah. That's exactly what I'm saying." "Then let's drink to that.

I see the people that do the real work, and what in a way is really sad is that the people that are often the most giving, hardworking, and capable of making this world better don't really have the ambition and ego to be a leader—they don't see any interest in the rewards, they don't care if their names ever appear in the press, they actually enjoy the process of helping others, they are truly in the moment.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.