John Larroquette Quotes

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington.

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!