Gabriel Iglesias Quotes

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?

In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

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.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.

Narcissism has existed for a long time; social media is just a new outlet to express it. Anybody who is going to record themselves and put that on the Internet, hoping people will watch, there is a degree to which that exists, yeah. I don't know if I would call myself a narcissist. I don't necessarily identify with that label.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists.

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

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way. You can see why performers get very self-absorbed.

I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments.

Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes into the picture, I have to walk in the other direction. These people are sociopaths.