Burt Reynolds Quotes

I never took myself too seriously.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.

I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Forget 'full of myself,' I'm not remotely impressed with myself.

Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing.

I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!

You'll find that I'm modest when you get to know me.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of high abilities. However his view of his abilities was much higher. A great leader has to be a little self effacing. A cannot imagine Douglas MacArthur ever being self effacing.

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.

I cannot stand all the people who take themselves very seriously, who cannot just laugh at themselves.

It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.

As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I think there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance.

I've never been a big fan of me, me, me.

If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.