The self, especially with a sense of self-importance
The word "ego" is correct and usable in written English. It can be used to refer to a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance. For example, "John's huge ego was obvious the moment he entered the room".
When Faint talks to me about his clowning, he occasionally adopts the pantomime squeak of his painted alter ego.
"I do have an ego, to do with the success of the films or theatre, like anybody, but this one wasn't like that," he says.
As a young actor, I'd please like to know if you find that 'surrendering' your ego helps or takes away from your acting?
The deputy prime minister said he believed Shapps's denials but then suggested the contested account going by the name of "Contribsx" could have been run by Michael Green – the alter ego used by Shapps to write a series of get-rich-quick guides.
Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker frequently wore his dresses on the red carpet, while her fictional alter-ego Carrie Bradshaw spoke the designer's name in hushed tones.
Chris Evans earned a crust as his driver, while Caroline Aherne road-tested her Mrs Merton alter-ego on the entertainer's Radio Timperley show.
The current iteration of the character has the alter-ego Carol Danvers, a sometime US Air Force pilot who develops cosmic superpowers including flight, super-strength and "energy projection" after gaining extraterrestrial DNA during an accident on a restricted military base.
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