John Gordon Sinclair 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.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

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

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

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

I have a huge ego and a huge inferiority complex at the same time.

I'm too conceited for therapy.

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'

I love attention. Maybe my desire for attention is a little too out of control, but I'm very honest.

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

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

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

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?

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

Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.

It's all about me, no matter who I'm fighting.

I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important.

The need to make sure everyone knows all of the great stuff about us is usually an insecurity in itself.

What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.