Richard Lewis Quotes

Actors are all narcissists.

Narcissism is just self-confidence.

People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

I love to be the center of attention. My oversized ego craves it and needs it.

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'm definitely a narcissist, and TV is fabulous for narcissists.

We live in such a narcissistic world where people love to be in front of the camera.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

There is definitely a pressure for funny people to be funny. People want them to perform all the time.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever - stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave.

Narcissism has existed for a long time; social media is just a new outlet to express it. Anybody who is going to record themselves and put that on the Internet, hoping people will watch, there is a degree to which that exists, yeah. I don't know if I would call myself a narcissist. I don't necessarily identify with that label.

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven.

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

I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.

I don't think it's that difficult to distinguish between people with narcissistic disorders and people with high self-esteem.

I've always been a narcissist.

Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.

I think everybody identified at a pretty young age that I was fairly entranced with myself. And that I had to be tempered.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.