Quotes About Admiration

I'm overall a big fan of President Obama.

It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.

Jay Z, Thierry Henry, and President Obama are three people I really respect.

You've all seen over the last eight years what President Obama means to this country. He is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character - one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

It's an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them, and that, in itself, is enormous praise.

I'm a big fan of both Linda Bassett and Pam Ferris, but had to pretend I was calm about it.

I used to pretend to be Ryan Giggs.

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice and things are really working out for me right now, but I won't pretend that there isn't a part of me that always secretly wanted to be a boxer.

As a little kid, I used to lock myself in my room and put on my Whitney Houston CD's and pretend to be her and try and hit every single note that she hit. I used to dream that one day that would be me.

Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time.

I was a big fan of Marvin Gaye, and when my parents were at work, I would get in front of the mirror, put my father's clothes on and pretend I was singing Marvin Gaye songs.

It has been a pleasure to play with all these artists. Pretenders was a real highlight, but also Damon, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Sinead... Ian Brown... all of these people I learn from and love to work with.

When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.

Pretty good, you know it's nice when you get people coming up to you saying 'Can I have a photo or an autograph'; it's a compliment, I think.

'Five Easy Pieces' got to me pretty good. I remember seeing it and thinking, 'That is so cool. I would love to be able to do that.'

I've got a three-year-old daughter. To picture her being a dancer, I'd absolutely love that. I'm in absolute awe of what they do. Just seeing them work, they're incredible.

I really have a new-found respect for dancers.

Of course you can't go wrong with Daniel Kitson.

I wouldn't like to meet Daniel Craig on a dark night if I'd said anything bad about him.

I really love Daniel Day-Lewis. I think he's the best.

Daniel Day-Lewis - he's a man, obviously, but I really admire his work.

I like Daniel Alves, I have him as my inspiration.

I like Daniel Sturridge a lot after playing with him at Chelsea.