I’m not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They’ve got to take control; I can’t act it out. – Taylor Hackford
I have no ego, I’ll make fun of myself, and I’ll make fun of being humiliated. I get it. – Selma Blair
There’s a degree of narcissism involved in anything in show business. I mean, you can’t do it without a healthy ego. Why would you want anybody to listen to you? – Stephen Colbert
Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. – Simon Cowell
I don’t read reviews. I refuse to have my ego inflated or deflated by someone I don’t know. – Suzan-Lori Parks
Confidence is one of those things that no one ever wants to talk about in this industry because confidence and ego run neck and neck. But you have to understand, those are things that you have to have in order to make it to where Edge has made it. You’ve got to have a certain amount of ego and confidence in yourself to get there. – Shawn Michaels
I’m not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s just a personal thing, not an ego thing. – Steve Perry
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. – Theodor Adorno
It’s very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you’re always fighting is ego. – Taylor Hackford
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, ‘Your ego will get you killed.’ – William Sanderson
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments. – Siri Hustvedt
If somebody’s offering you a $400 million company at the age of 29, I’ve got the ego to say, ‘I’d like a shot at that.’ – Stanley R. Jaffe
A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out of ego and necessity, I guess, a combination of the two. – Will Eisner
As a writer, I always try as hard as possible to get out of the way of the story, so maybe that’s the most important thing my readers should know – I’m all about the story, not about the ego. – Simon Toyne
Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It’s an ego trip, and I’m not on an ego trip. I don’t have ambitions – I have a vision. – Werner Herzog
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. – Sigmund Freud
My ego thinks I would like to be considered for more heavyweight roles, but the price you pay for that is they are always the same kind of roles. – Steffan Rhodri
I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn’t a star, just an actress. Forget it. I’m a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it. – Valerie Harper
I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another’s expense. – Sharon Bolton
There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to encounter them and even worse to work with them. – Tom Rachman
To build an empire – or win seven Tour de Frances in a row – you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania. – Stephen Rodrick
Comedians… they’re different from actors. There’s more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they’re more precious. – Sharon Horgan