Billy Rose Quotes

I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

Of course I have an ego.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, 'Sexiest Man Alive,' I'm honestly going, 'Thank you. Right on.' For me, it's never canceled out anything, it's never made me go, 'Does this make me less talented of an actor?'

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

My message to the world is to surrender your ego: try not to think that you are not as fortunate as some people or inferior or not as good as someone else.

You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

It is always positive when you get a lot of praise, but you should handle it the right way.

Vanity is not important to me.

It is true that I receive a lot of praise and that is flattering. But I try not to let it affect me.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

I don't think I'm over-the-top cocky, I'm just proud of where I came from.

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.'

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

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?

I'm constantly humbled.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

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

I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.

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

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.