Quotes by Ego For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of. Julia Ormond egovoiceunderstanding Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you don't want conflicts on the movie, you don't want to start screaming at people even when they treat you - even when they're not behaving properly, because you want them to do their job, and keep on doing it. Julie Delpy egojobspeople I think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever. Julie Delpy egopeoplethinking You have to put your ego aside as an actor. Or you're using your ego to tell the story. Your body is a part of a tool to tell the story. So if you feel something, it's wrong. It means you're not inside of the character. Juliette Binoche egocharactermean Lionel Messi is very much the team player, while Cristiano is very ego-driven. Jurgen Klinsmann egoteamplayer For those with drive, wit, vision, ego and a masochistic outlook, there is always room. K Callan egovisionsuccess I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. K. D. Lang selfishegothinking I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. Karen Armstrong afterlifeegolosing The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already knows you own nothing. It is a matter of realizing that your happiness does not depend on your ownership of things. They help you in your journey but they are not the journey itself. Karen Kingston egojourneydesire We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case. Karl Marlantes egosurvivalheart One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone. Kanye West egooxfordthinking I have this table in my new house. They put this table in without asking. It was some weird nouveau riche marble table, and I hated it. But it was literally so heavy that it took a crane to move it. We would try to set up different things around it, but it never really worked. I realized that table was my ego. No matter what you put around it, under it, no matter who photographed it, the douchebaggery would always come through. Kanye West egohousemoving I never read reviews - I never have. I've never read message boards, either. I'm just not interested in it in any way - I'm not interested in it inflating my ego, and I'm not interested in it improving my self-worth. So, I don't read them. Kate Levering egoboardsself-worth What I love about the way they both [Paul Thomas Anderson and Joaquin Phoenix] work is that all of the monkey business is on film. There's no monkey business outside of the monkey business of making the movie. There's no ego bullshit, there's no wasted energy. It's all directed at the story and that's rare. Katherine Waterston phoenixbullshitego I don't want it to appear that I'm standing up and saying I'm the expected one. That's a dangerous, ego-driven kind of thing. Kathleen McGowan egokindwant Anytime I feel my feathers ruffle off of someone else's success, I have to check myself. It's normally fear based or ego related and it's my daily work to let it go and focus on me, because that's the only person I can control and make grow. Kathryn Budig let-it-goegofocus If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything. Kathleen Turner egoriskstupid Art can be close to the bone, but we are not our work. Try not to identify your core ego with your art. Kay WalkingStick egotryingart If you believe you're good already, you don't need to do extra stuff to impress us. Your best work comes when you're absorbed; because then your ego is away. Keith Johnstone egobelieveneeds Solitude is unquenched ego. Kedar Joshi egosolitude«2728293031323334353637»
