Quotes About Pretentious

Religion claims we must obey the mandates of God and clergy can tell us what they are. Science claims we must obey the laws of nature and scientists can tell us what they are. Both claims are absurdly pretentious.

Do you know what demonic metal is?" I said, "I assume it's heavy metal with a lot of pretentious references to demons. Plus gothic typography, of course.

Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.

My first show was 'No Exit.' You couldn't find a more pretentious beginning, but it also instilled some sense of quality.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.

I was really pretentious in a sense and was like, 'I'm going to drama school to learn the craft.'

I was a pretentious child. I grew up without a television. I read a lot of books and I loved Shakespeare. Still do.

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it's a little pretentious to say, 'I'm a role model'; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I like being photographed without glasses. I don't want to be pretentious.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.

There are no moral lectures in 'Lookaway, Lookaway;' there aren't even any lessons. But there is passion. It is a work that hides its craft but never its beauty, that is ambitious but never pretentious, that does not sacrifice nuance for power or power for nuance.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.

It's quite pretentious, really, isn't it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over.

In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and there's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more.

I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

I hate people thinking I'm some pretentious fraud.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

I must have been a really pretentious little girl.

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.