Anthony Rendon Quotes

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

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

If you spend the first 30 years of your life only trying to look good, you're not going to know yourself very well. If you got it, flaunt it.

Clearly I've got an ego.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

You have to assert something about yourself in order to be yourself.

I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

I think that, just in general, my number one priority is to just go out of your way to stay yourself and put yourself out there in a positive way. It's so easy, and you can connect with a lot of your friends.

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

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

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them.

People love to talk about themselves.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything.

I've seen people, when they get into these bigger and bigger jobs, it goes to their heads. I've seen it. Some people in life change who they are, and some don't. I'm basically the same guy I've always been.

People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.

There's always a temptation to get in front of the camera. It's part of my personality.

I've gotten a little bit pompous. When I get out in public, I really notice myself looking at my reflections as a I walk though. New York is not a great place for me.

There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that.