Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

I dote on myself. There is a lot of me and all so luscious.

I mean, what do you think creativity is? Nothing but self-indulgence. And the more self-indulgent it is, the more interesting it becomes. So I think that part of creativity is also falling in love with your own narcissism: accepting it, using it as an asset.

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.

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

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

I'm frightened of my innate vanity. I mean: the suits lined with scarves? Even I know the warning signs. I could quite easily end up in a tiny Playboy mansion, all on my own.

I play a man who is obsessed with his own beauty, so it's perfect casting.

Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

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.

Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main,, the citadel of our heads, where, having blinded the two watchmen, it readily descends into the heart.

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.

Because that's what narcissism is all about; looking in the mirror everyday and thinking 'Damn, I'd like to shag myself.'

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

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.

Actors are all narcissists.

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.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

I am self-centred. I just adore myself.

If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are.