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Jul 27, 2014, 09:02 AM
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Mine is Jack Nicloson's character from the movie As Good As it Gets.
I know he also was portrayed as having OCD, but he also definitely has some NPD traits. I love the fact that he got on with his life, and made some changes. |
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Jul 27, 2014, 11:34 AM
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Jack Nicholson in anything, really. In The Shining, in Cuckoos Nest, even in that silly self indulgent Diane Keaton movie. He's America's favorite film narcissist.
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Jul 27, 2014, 11:45 AM
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Melvin Udall (the character in As Good as it Gets) was awesome. He has just so nasty... he was a trainwreck... and he dealt with the consequences... I love the scenes where he was put in his place...
Remember when the flamboyantly gay art dealer Frank Sachs got in his face (played by Cuba Gooding Jr) That was hilarious. Frank refused to be intimidated and said something like "my grandmother is tougher than you". Udall got scared and backed down... hehe. Then Udall ended up using the same line later. |
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Jul 27, 2014, 12:21 PM
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Jul 28, 2014, 11:21 AM
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What about Colonel Frank Slade (played by Al Pacino) from Scent of a Woman? He seems like a narcissist in my eyes. And I love the way his character was portrayed.
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Jul 28, 2014, 10:39 PM
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Sonny in The Godfather.
Sandra Bullock in anything (idky, im just not a fan). William Hurt. |
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Jul 29, 2014, 05:15 AM
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What specific characters did Sandra Bullock and William Hurt play, that look like narcissists?
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Jul 29, 2014, 02:38 PM
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SB in that movie where she almost gets deported? |
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Jul 29, 2014, 02:44 PM
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How about Will in Good Will Hunting? I can see it. He was an *** with his therapists. But, Sean McGuire (Robin Williams) knew how to handle him, didn't he?
One of my favorite lines from the movie was "I was being ironical, Gerry". |
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Jul 29, 2014, 06:23 PM
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The guys in Sideways may have been narcissists. |
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Jul 29, 2014, 07:20 PM
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Regarding Little Man Tate- I've been told that all children are narcissists. I wonder how old someone has to be, before narcissist would be considered a valid diagnosis? Last edited by shakespeare47; Jul 29, 2014 at 08:03 PM. |
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Jul 29, 2014, 07:43 PM
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But, upon further consideration on Will Hunting. and considering these traits..
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Aug 02, 2014, 11:14 AM
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Did anyone see the movie, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers? I suspect Peter Sellers may have been a pwNPD. or at least he had many of the traits.
Last edited by shakespeare47; Aug 02, 2014 at 12:27 PM. |
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Aug 02, 2014, 12:51 PM
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Marak from no escape.
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Aug 02, 2014, 01:18 PM
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Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge.
There's a few in this film (it does take place in Hollywood after all  ) but her portrayal of a wholly narcissistic aging Hollywood star is awesome, half Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd., and so much like my own mom that I can't help but wonder if she wasn't a ghost writer for Carrie Fisher. (Who claims it's not autobiographical, but I suspect this is out of respect for her mom Debbie Reynolds. So maybe she has met my mom after all?  )
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Aug 02, 2014, 02:47 PM
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Bette Davis in Sunset Boulevard, or Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Or Of Human Bondage.
Katherine Hepburn in Suddenly Last Summer. And her son. He trolled Liz in a transparent bathing suit to attract third world young men for him to prey upon, and in the end they mobbed him on the beach and tore him apart. We learn this as Liz is confined as a mental patient in Kate's house. Liz is fighting for her sanity wirh a handsome straight doc as Kate is a very creepy domineering narcissistic mother figure of the sort who turns sons gay (that was the theory). J Edgar was a compassionate, human portrayal of a narcissist. |
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Aug 02, 2014, 02:54 PM
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Little Man Tate--if I recall correctly, we see him being injured by being values only for his intellectual gifts and not for himself, after we have seen him misunderstood and disliked for being different. So we see him being narcissistically wounded which puts him at risk for becoming a narcissist, but he insults his mother and she gets mad enough to stand up to him which is to say for him, and they end up swing dancing and being happy well.adjusted people.
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:11 PM
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Gene Hackman was a downright evil one as John Herod in ...
 (1995)Damn Good Cinematography Too! 
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:19 PM
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The two lead character gals from the BBC series sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous.
// Oh how we loved them.// And in real life portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg, in movie, Social Network. |
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:28 PM
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I love to hate Gene Hackman!
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#21
Aug 02, 2014, 03:29 PM
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I liked that character too. I like PTSD people. We have a sense of humor. If you ever need to distinguish ptsd from narcissism, look for playfulness. Narcs cant be playful. They can fake It. But they dont feel It. Its a good tell.w |
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:34 PM
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But, he also appears to actually be very capable, vs just thinking he is capable. So, NPD doesn't really fit when considering that aspect of his character. He was definitely self-absorbed and demeaning. |
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:39 PM
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And who can forget Bette Davis in Mommie Dearest?
And love him in everything, Marlon Brando. |
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:40 PM
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I agree with you shakespeare47. And for what its' worth, in my experience, narcs can be extremely playful when they feel like it, and they FEEL it quite clearly when they are. It's a matter of choice, just like anyone else. Narcs are not the one dimensional cut-outs they're often pegged to be. If you don't understand them, then you're never going to view them correctly.
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Aug 02, 2014, 03:47 PM
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I know I can certainly be playful when I want to be.... playful in ways very similar to how Frank Slade was portrayed.
I'm fairly certain my dad has a NPD..... and he could be quite silly at times.. it's a great way to get some attention. I think it's possible Slade is just a self-absorbed drunk. That's how he lost his sight, after all. Last edited by shakespeare47; Aug 02, 2014 at 05:39 PM. |
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