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The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.

If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.

I don't want to find myself ever locked into what people think I should think or do. In my art, and acting, I have a universal vision of things, an international vision. Bigger and broader and beyond. 'Bigger than life' is always on my mind.