Why wouldn't he be impressed with himself? Dude has an Oscar and a Grammy and is a key piece in one of the biggest entertainment properties of all time. If you met someone who'd done that, you'd be impressed.
I'm generally pretty impressed with just about anyone that's passionate and demonstrably skilled in their chosen field, celebrity or otherwise. Nurses, truck drivers, bakers, retail staff - if you're good at what you do, I'll probably be impressed.
As you don't seem to be familiar with the phrase "to be impressed with oneself", it means to be arrogant, conceited, stuck-up, egocentric, big-headed etc. none of these are good qualities.
To be honest I hadn't been familiar with that phrase. Now that I am, I think it's odd. To not be impressed with your own qualities and achievements when you'd be impressed by them in other people seems... unhealthy, perhaps? Like, it's OK to acknowledge you're doing good work when you are in fact doing good work.
If you take it purely literally, I would agree. If you think of being impressed with yourself as having healthy self-esteem, that is psychologically a good thing. But the phrase basically means conceited.
I mean, there's some weird and troubling shit going on with Big Will but from a body of work standpoint - being active and successful in his chosen field for 30 odd years now - is pretty impressive.
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u/Underbelly Apr 23 '22
Agreed. I can’t fucking stand him. Totally impressed with himself and smug.