Burt Reynolds Quotes

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

Clearly I've got an ego.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Nobody walks this earth thinking he's better than I think I am - I think I'm great. At the same time, it's so obvious to me that I'm nobody.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

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

I know that I sound self-satisfied, and I know that I've got an ego, but I don't have an ego problem.

If someone was like, 'Describe yourself in one word,' I would never say, 'Handsome.'

I don't wake up and say, 'Gee, it's a nice day, and I'm a legend.'

I am not smarter than anyone else.

Of course I have an ego.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I don't like talking about myself.

I don't think of myself as the champion too often, honestly.

My personality is humongous.

I always thought that I wasn't the type of person to show off my cuteness.

I don't really consider myself a center.

I feel that a lot of sexy people never say that they are sexy.

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.