Kaui Hart Hemmings Quotes

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

Only an idiot would open an exhibition saying, 'Look at my awesome work.'

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they need the money, of course; it's a question of ego, like catching the biggest fish.

I think that some people get wrapped up in their own egos. They need to see certain album sales and certain monuments.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.

Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

I'm not one of those people that pretends he doesn't watch himself.

People write memoirs - this is my take, anyway - out of a great sense of self-importance.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

I think the concept of ego has kind of taken over for a lot of people in our industry.

I can't imagine putting my name on a t-shirt. For someone to wear my name? Me? It's ridiculous.

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

I don't like seeking all the attention. When you start doing stuff like that, it gets into your head, you are not being yourself.

I have this dreadful image of me driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, with the windows rolled down, and our song comes on... and I'm sitting there listening to it and some guy pulls up next to me and thinks, 'Hey, it's that guy from the Goo Goo Dolls... he's listening to his own music. What a jerk!'

I'm much too egotistical to move outside the acting realm.

Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering what they're doing with their ego?

Show-offy, I could sometimes be accused of.

We speak little if not egged on by vanity.

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.

Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.