Tracy McMillan Quotes

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

I thought I was investing in myself and my brand, like Kim Kardashian. When she buys these clothes, she's investing in herself, because she is a big brand and is likable. I thought I had that potential. My ego got too big. To think I could be someone like that when I was the most hated girl ever.

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.

There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

When 'Brain on Fire' premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2016, I fixated on inconsequential things like what dress I would wear and how much weight I wanted to lose. I lost my perspective.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian.

I have no desire to look at myself.

Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we're doing. We believe things about ourself.

People tend to look great if they feel great.

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.

I can't remember who told me but I was advised early on not to Google myself or read things about myself... I don't read a lot but get the gist of what's been said from friends and family. It's good to avoid it if you want to be normal person.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.