egomania

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Maybe it wasn’t the egomania that fueled Kilmer's reputation, but his fervent desire to make everything he did undeniably interesting, sometimes at the expense of the films around him.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

Those could be dismissed as stemming from laziness, egomania, or a cavalier relationship to legal rules and ethics.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

As a sometime fan of Cruise’s egomania, at least when he’s dangling from a helicopter or literally running to catch a plane, I’m not really complaining.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

He referred to them as “unmasked egomania orgies” and said that most people might think twice about putting on these events right now but “most of the time he doesn’t even think once”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2020

He knew the ruthlessness of the man and his overweening lust of power, which had passed the bounds of ordinary ambition and had become a Napoleonic egomania.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max