Johnny Carson Quotes

I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.

To be an entertainer, you gotta be a little gutsy, a little egotistical, so you have to pull back sometimes when people say, 'Well, he's stuck-up.' 'Stuck-up' is only another word for self-conscious.

There's always a temptation to get in front of the camera. It's part of my personality.

One think that you notice about anyone that gets up on stage is that they don't really have a lot of self-awareness. It's kind of a trait that performers don't have because you just kinda just have to let go and do whatever you want to do on stage.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

Anyone can become a game show host. It simply requires a giant, narcissistic ego and an inability to do anything else. The closest thing to school I did was looking in the mirror one hundred times a day and repeating, 'People should listen to you talk.'

I guess I'm a born ham.

I am a little bit of an egomaniac. I like being in front of the camera, so I take advantage of it when I can.

There's a degree of narcissism involved in anything in show business. I mean, you can't do it without a healthy ego. Why would you want anybody to listen to you?

I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.

People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I feel like I own the stage.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

I think that I always loved being the centre of attention!

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.