Quotes About Influence

I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.

James Bond was an early favourite, although I didn't understand much of it. I read the Bible a lot, too. You might say that this was my favourite, since I seemed to read it so often.

A role I grew up with and always loved was James Bond. I'd even say, in some ways, that he served as a creative role model for me as a kid in terms of roles I would want to play. I watched all of the movies growing up with my dad, so to be Bond himself would, without a doubt, be my dream role.

Working with Jamie Lee Curtis has changed my life. I grew up adoring her.

I loved Jamie Lee Curtis. I think she is brilliant.

I was the kid jamming out to the songs on the radio, and now there's hopefully kids out there jamming out to my music.

We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous.

I'm the ayatollah of the Jane Austen fan base! I want to lead the fan base, not be attacked and devoured by the fan base.

I've never got on very well with Jane Austen.

I've always loved Jane Austen's writing.

Jane Fonda is someone who impressed me.

Part of me just wants 'Jane' magazine back, and 'Sassy,' too.

Football in Japan is highly looked upon, even more than in the rest of Asia.

There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This guy does the feudal system of Africa.

I think our choreography, which is easy to follow, played a huge role in achieving fame in Japan.

There's something about the U.S. and Japan: two opposite ends of the planet, two completely different languages, and yet, especially in menswear, they share this kind of idealized way of dressing that is so close to what we do in America.

Tenryu is a legend in Japan.

My kids are from Japan. My kids grandparents are from there, and they never really watched me fight back in the day.

I watched Japanese style wrestling, European style wrestling, and WCW.

If you're a director and you pay homage to Japan, you're definitely going to remember what you've learned from watching the Japanese masters' films.

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.

Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

The fans, man, the fans have a little different way of thinking. They really applaud the spirit of fighters, and that put a huge influence on the type of energy I fought with, rather than if I won or lost. America's a real win-or-lose culture, where with the Japanese, fighting with spirit is enough.