Quotes About Admiration

Park Bo Young was like a teacher to me. Personally, we were good friends, but at the same time, I admired her acting and learned a lot from her.

I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

As a very small girl, I listened to Charlie Parker and loved him and Max Roach and people like that.

I love Sarah Jessica Parker. What's not to like?

It's going to sound like brown-nosing, but I love 'Parks & Rec.'

It feels blessed to me. Because I go to comic cons, and people come up and they say, 'You're the reason I ride a motorcycle. You're the reason I became a mechanic.' And there are people who love 'Scream' and 'The Waterboy,' 'Royal Pains,' 'Parks & Rec,' 'Arrested Development.' And now 'Barry.' And then there are kids who only know me as an author.

I'm a huge fan of 'Parks and Rec.'

I can only parody stuff I love.

I'd say I am partial to women.

I am partial to Halle Berry's 'Catwoman.'

I fell in love with London and one particular era in London.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

One of my favorites is Dominick Cruz, a training partner of mine.

I think Kenny Chesney or Garth Brooks would be the coolest duet partners. I look up to them so much for their work ethics.

I respect Demetrious Johnson to the fullest. I wouldn't travel the world and find different training partners and coaches to help me defeat this man if I didn't want to win.

Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the level of the gods.

I'm much more starstruck by athletes than I am by actors, and I think I saw Kobe Bryant at a basketball party, and I just kind of froze. He's monstrous.

I remember the first time I saw Robert De Niro at a party. I didn't want to run over and shake his hand. I wanted to admire him from a distance. Later, I ended up making a movie with him, and that was fantastic.

Oh my God, of course there's everybody in the world that I would love to work with. I mean I got to meet and work with Joan Rivers, who was my absolute favorite. Sadly I didn't get to meet Mr. Don Rickles before he passed.

I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation was passed at his insistence. JFK showed what you could do, though he was a deeply flawed person, as we all now know.

I like Jorginho, the way he plays and passes.