Quotes About Influence

Judging by the number of things I get asked to do I don't think the public are sick of me.

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.

Anything I take up or do, I have to consult Shilpa. From what I wear to who I am dating, I make her a part of everything as I have faith in her judgment.

The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing.

No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will. Take your choice of lunch today. You can't decide to want anything, but what you want will at least in part be a result of a series of other choices and judgments you've made in your life to date.

We have a problem with judicial activism in this country.

I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.

I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald.

Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

I never wanted to be a Judy Garland.

I was a huge fan of 'Blade Runner.' That was a pretty formative film for me growing up. It really got my sci-fi juices flowing, as it were.

Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - I put Issa Rae in that category of comic genius.

I know it affected me when I saw certain actors growing up. I had a drama teacher that would take us to see plays in New York, and it was seeing James Earl Jones and Raul Julia - I mean, this guy comes from the place my mother comes from. He's doing Shakespeare right now, and it doesn't seem to matter that he has an accent.

In my pantheon of comedy idols there's maybe six people: Lisa Kudrow, Conan O'Brian, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Martin Short. Lisa is at the top.

Julia Roberts was the first big Hollywood celebrity to make me feel like I could be her friend and aspire to be like her.

I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?

I grew up watching Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. I dreamed of working in the arts.

I'd love the career of Julie Walters. As a man.

Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.

I've always had a thing about Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, and Imelda Staunton. I'm hoping to follow in their footsteps.

My entire life's journey has been hugely influenced by seeing Julie Andrews.

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.

My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'

I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.