Quotes About Admiration

I grew up with two cousins from North Dakota who were junior national champions. They're a lot older than me and I looked up to them as my older brothers.

My dancing idol is my dad. Growing up watching him dance to Northern Soul I used to think 'He looks cool.'

I love the nostalgic feel of the '80s and, oh, I love Winona Ryder so much. I was such a huge fan of hers growing up, so breathing the same air as her was an honor for sure.

I am a Barack Obama fan from head-to-toe - always have been. He's not perfect; nobody is going to be that way.

If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time.

Duane Allman was the best guitar player I ever heard who didn't read a note.

For artists like me nothing matters more than the audience's respect.

I'm saying nothing new that Dave Pasquesi is really good at what he does.

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.

I've never had an idol, but I watched Ronaldinho and then players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi. They are so good, it's impossible not to notice them.

I notice the fans' support, it makes me feel well-liked.

The best way to get noticed is to take someone that everyone loves and admires and knock him.

I want to be just like Michael Jordan. Chicago greats get noticed around the city. People have a lot of respect for them. I look up to those guys a lot. I want to be part of that family.

I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'

I really look up to Louis C.K. I think he's great. And obviously he's very popular, more popular than me. Years ago, I was thinking, naively, it would be great to be that popular. And then I thought about it and then I realized that, with his money and his level of notoriety, he has all of the same emotions that I do.

I'm a very big Notorious B.I.G. fan and I do an imitation of him that always cracks everybody up.

I've always been a huge fan of Charles Lawton's performance in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' so somewhere along the line, I've always wanted to play that character.

I like Josh Hart. I've liked him since 'Nova.

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.

When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing his novels has been as good a lesson as any.

I do enjoy filming, but I do consider myself still to be a bit of a novice, and I learn a bit every time I do a film job, and I am very admiring of film actors.

I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.

Back then, when I was a kid, I watched Vince Carter every now and then.