Hirohito was brought up as a living god and thought of himself as one.
But nobody in the 13th century thought of himself as Gothic.
Beardsley did not think of himself as a pornographer he thought of himself as a fine artist and a dandy.
In a director's commentary she credits Mr. Strathairn's ability to play his character with no thought of himself.
Lévi-Strauss thought of himself as a scientist, but his sympathies were always with the arts, and his theoretical inspiration came from philosophy.
But Reagan (who wrote most of his own speeches before entering the White House) unself-consciously thought of himself as young -- and orated accordingly.
ASHER B. EDELMAN has long thought of himself as an activist investor who buys stakes in undervalued companies, hoping to make them more efficient and valuable.
The former House speaker, who has long thought of himself as a historic figure, envisioned himself as the candidate of innovative "big ideas" and the agenda-setter for the 2012 U.S. election.
Jobs, who died in 2011 at 56 from complications of pancreatic cancer, thought of himself as an artist, one who, in talking about the design of the Macintosh, said, "Great art stretches the taste, it doesn't follow tastes".
He did not tell the authorities what he knew afterward, he said, because "he thought of himself as being involved" and felt he was as guilty as they were, the report notes.
