Quotes About Idol

Toni Collette has been a huge influence. She was my absolute number one idol, and then I got 'United States of Tara.' I was pinching myself. I couldn't believe the first day I was on set, and I got pages of dialogue of real stuff to do with her.

Lots of women tell me I'm their idol.

My father is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan and always wanted to work or star in a remake of any of his film. But he didn't get the opportunity.

Frank Sinatra discovered me at a nightclub called P.J.'s in Hollywood. It was 1962. He used to come in there a lot with all his big star friends. I was so nervous to see him. I've only had one idol in my life, and that was Frank Sinatra.

Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.

You'd see those movie stars on the screen, and say, 'I want to be that guy.'

Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck.

My statue at Ole Miss is a false idol. And it wasn't put there for my benefit. It was put there for Ole Miss and Mississippi.

It's fun to look over there and see a guy with as a great stature as John Elway. It's really cool that he went to one of my games.

Basically, little Madison Beer in sixth grade was major, major Belieber status. I literally was obsessed with Justin. I wasn't crazy-crazy, but I was a big fan of his.

It's cool to step on stage with your heroes.

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

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.

My number one idol will always be Rihanna. She has everything I want to be.

When I started to play in school, I didn't have an idol as such, I didn't really like football in my nursery days. I used to go three times a week due to my brother's influence and also because our friends used to go as well.

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

I'm obsessed with Beyonce. She's just effervescent, I love her.

Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.

When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get starstruck over. I don't know what I'd do if I met him - I'd be in shock! That's my dream.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

Pete Wentz was the Justin Bieber of 2007. Girls loved him; they obsessed over him.

Bette Davis is my hero. I'm obsessed with her. I base everything I do on her.

My earliest love, which was sort of an obsession, actually, was Nas. I was in seventh grade, I believe, when 'Nastradamus' was out, and I took it pretty far.

An illustration that does not complement a story, in the end, will become but a false idol. Since we cannot possibly believe in an absent story, we will naturally begin believing in the picture itself.