Naseeruddin Shah Quotes

I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.

There are always moments when I think about leaving skating, but when I think about that, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very pretty, and there's nothing else that stands out about me besides my skating.

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

I'm not that bothered about press nights as an actor or, particularly, by what people say about me, because I see myself as a reasonably small cog.

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity.

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

I have never felt that I am a star. It never came to my mind.

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

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'

Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

Everyone in a band has a big ego - they love having pictures taken.

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

I think most models, when they start out, are insecure. And you become the focus of a lot of people's attention, so outside validation becomes too important.

I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.