Reggie Jackson Quotes

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.

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

Clearly I've got an ego.

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

I am strong-willed, which can be annoying sometimes. And from that I think people assume I have confidence and Hollywood glamour and all that stuff, when actually, in my personal life, sometimes I'm just a goofball.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

I'm not that bothered about press nights as an actor or, particularly, by what people say about me, because I see myself as a reasonably small cog.

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

I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional.

I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important.

What I hate is that not many people admit to having a big ego, but you have to - and there's nothing wrong with it.

I don't see myself as a diva at all.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

I may be a vain person, but I'm not a vain performer.

I know the book on me is I'm bombastic and over-the-top, but I think people who know me know that's a part of who I am, but it's not who I am.

Of course I have an ego.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media.

Some people say I'm arrogant or cocky but I'm a down to earth, decent guy.

I know how cool I look when I look in the mirror.

I'm kind of arrogant and cocky when I play... It's kind of weird. It's like I have split personalities.

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 love hearing positive things; somewhere, way deep down, I'm sure I'm an egomaniac. I guess all performers are, in a way.