self-effacing

“It’s more of a self-effacing humor. Their favorite target is themselves. And John did that. On screen, I felt his willingness and joy in self-effacing humor that never really veered into self-loathing humor.”

“In a world of ego and bombast, he has always been modest and self-effacing.”

About his famous confidence when seated face-to-face with intimidating subjects — one interview was with Albert Speer, Hitler’s chief architect and minister of armaments — Ophuls was characteristically candid and self-effacing.

The self-effacing pioneer went about setting landmarks with a quiet humility as the first woman to:

As self-dramatizing as she is self-effacing, the character is ill-equipped for everyday life.