Marianne Faithfull Quotes

Because of social media, we're so fixated on our appearances.

I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.

When I was younger, I felt very much like, 'Oh, I have to be a certain way, I have to look a certain way.' You really, really don't. That's the way women are treated differently than men. I mean, I've had actors argue with me about this.

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

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

We're so very focused on ourselves and on self-promotion. It goes on all day with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.

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.

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

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.

I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.

If an alien came down from Mars and saw us all taking selfies and the like, I think it'd up and leave. It'd think we were all mad.

I always Google myself. It's horrible.

I'm the worst. I get on my Instagram, put up a picture of my face looking all cheekbones and blue steel, and get massive dopamine hits when I see the likes come in.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

I've always been a narcissist.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

The whole selfie generation - it's just not my vibe.

Actors are all narcissists.

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

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

Vanity is but the surface.

Well, I have never, ever Googled myself.

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.

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

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