Dylan Moran Quotes

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

I can't remember who told me but I was advised early on not to Google myself or read things about myself... I don't read a lot but get the gist of what's been said from friends and family. It's good to avoid it if you want to be normal person.

I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.

If we believe the good we read about ourselves, we have to believe the bad we read about ourselves.

I try not to read about myself. Why would reading about yourself be interesting? You're only going to be told you're doing a good job and get big headed about it, or be told you're rubbish and get down in the dumps. What's the point?

If I didn't do what I do, I wouldn't be as young as I am.

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.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

Even to this day, I rarely read any articles on myself. I won't watch anything on television on myself.

Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.

I'm searching, as we all are, for ways to feel good about myself. Certainly, looking in the mirror doesn't do it!

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

People see us as no better than we are.

I think television does tease out a certain vanity in everybody when you look at yourself and you go, 'Oh Christ.' Maybe that's why my intros get shorter and shorter.

I do not need to show who I am to the people who do not know me.

I like to tell myself people look at me for all sorts of reasons. Maybe they're staring because they're shocked or maybe they recognise me from TV, or maybe they just like my shoes - especially women, because we all look at each other's clothes and hair.

I grew up with gossip mags commenting on how I looked.

I don't understand why people spend so much time thinking about me if they don't like what I do. I couldn't care less about things I don't like.

My image is not the greatest, I imagine. You need to know me and understand me, see some of the things I do away from football. Maybe you have to be a fan of me to like me.

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

I don't care about people kissing my ass or telling me how great I am. I don't really give a damn. I read the bad stuff a whole lot more than I read the good stuff. I read that because there are always going to be critics who are going to say how good you aren't.

…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves.