Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who cares that you brushed your teeth. Okay - you brushed your teeth! That's so massively egocentric, it's just ridiculous.

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.

I always Google myself. It's horrible.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.

Actors are all narcissists.

A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.