Quotes About Admiration

I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.

I've got a record titled 'Idols Become Rivals,' and it's basically me writing a letter to someone in the game that I looked up to damn near the most, and I hate what things have come to.

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.

Meeting someone you admire, and then that person's like, 'I'm a fan of your work' - it's a really neat feeling.

It would be neat to sing with Roger Miller.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

Leo Messi is a little football God. I love playing alongside him. We understand each other without needing to talk.

I remember watching Barry Sanders highlights as a kid, and the Lions always being a fun team. I, personally, really never had a real negative connotation with the team. And I didn't really listen to those who did after I was drafted.

I'm a huge Neil Flynn fan.

I love Neil Patrick Harris. I've always been a big fan of his - he was my first TV crush.

My mum is the biggest Joni Mitchell fan, and my dad loves Neil Young.

When I was a kid I was definitely into Neil Young.

I worshiped Judd Nelson in 'The Breakfast Club' growing up. I must've seen that movie 100 times.

I'd follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere.

There were three people I always wanted to meet: Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, and Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

I'm a rock star among geeks, wonks, and nerds.

Obviously Messi is one of the best players in the world, if not the best player in the world. Looking up to him when you're young and now playing against him, it was very nerve-racking for me - especially when he would come up on my side, my heart would be beating faster and faster.

I don't really get nervous about the people I'll audition for, especially if it's people I admire and want to work with: it actually makes me more excited.

People have all kinds of approaches when they come up to me. Some of them are so nervous: 'You know, Mr. Cosby, you are my biggest fan!' I am? Some of them even claim that I raised them.

Every time I've been around Beyonce, I get so nervous that I forget how to speak English.

I get nerdy and nervous around not only great actors, but great directors and DPs I love.

You know who I was most nervous to meet, probably? Andy Serkis. I am such a huge fan.

I love Priyanka Chopra. So whatever lessons I can learn from her is nevertheless.