Quotes About Admiration

I get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes.

My greatest influence has and always will be my mother. I admire her strength, fearlessness, and optimism.

I still got a lot of love for the Broncos. I still bleed orange and blue.

I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to her.

I really admire Nick Hornby - for example, the way that he can make ordinary stuff so beautiful!

Throughout his long career, Washington earned the adulation not merely of ordinary people but of the other luminaries whom we now hail as 'founding fathers.'

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.

Kishore Kumar was multi-talented and original, so I really respect him.

My family and I grew up watching and admiring Oscar De La Hoya and to now be fighting under his promotional banner is a dream come true.

Jazz doesn't have much to do with how I write songs, but I am a big fan. My favorites are Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Mose Allison.

I love Jessica Chastain. I love her; she's amazing, and she's such a good actress, and she's been nominated for Oscars, and she's just a big role model to me. I love her.

There's something really admirable about French culture and an attraction in how independent it is from our own. So, it's odd that in other countries that are very American-influenced - who seem to care more about the Oscars than anyone here does - there's both anti-Americanism and also too much America.

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

Our father is a hero for us and so I've always looked at him as somebody that I couldn't wait to be, as well. So I can't wait to be a father, and watching Maks become the father that he is has been very motivating for me, as well.

I don't think Pele was the ultimate hero for our generation, he is the ultimate hero of every generation of Brazilians.

Elvis was a great guy. We'd just horse around together or go to see a movie. He drove me around Graceland in a golf cart. He was a fan of our music and was curious about how I sounded so black.

I absolutely love Johnny Depp, and I genuinely think he's one of the best actors of our time.

I have always wanted to work with Rekha - she is one of the most gorgeous actresses of our time.

Alan Rusbridger is, to many, among the most admired newspaper editors of our time.

I respect Fedor a lot, he's an example in our world. I would give him this rematch, for sure.

You can't outdo Angus, you know. It's a difficult one.

Maybe this is because I'm a comics historian as much as anything else, but I really have a deep-seated respect for the characters that have been around since before I was born and are probably going to outlive me.

Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to how good he is as an artist, and I wouldn't even put myself in the same category as an actor.