Michael McIntyre Quotes

I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

Clearly I've got an ego.

I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am.

All the women want to be with me, all the men want to be like me.

I'm not a diva - not yet, anyway.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same..

If Irrfan plans to make a movie on me, I will be the hero of the movie, as I feel that no one better than me.

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'

The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, 'Yngwie is God,' I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it's very flattering, it doesn't change the way I look at myself.

I'll never self-proclaim myself as the greatest of all time.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

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

Am I arrogant? I've been arrogant, sure; everybody's been arrogant.

I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.

I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.

I really don't think I could get starstruck with anybody. Famous final words, but I just don't think I could.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.