Quotes About Fandom

I'm such a big fan of Woody Allen. I once tried staying at the same hotel as him, hoping I would bump into him!

I've seen 'Bring It On,' like, a thousand times.

I grew up, like most people in my generation, watching John Travolta. I was thrilled to meet him.

I have always been delighted when told there was a piece of fanfic inspired by a book of mine floating about. I don't read it for legal reasons, but I'm thrilled to know it's there. Someone cared. Someone loved it enough to spend their free time writing about it for free.

I wouldn't like my fans going through my rubbish.

In the high-stakes and elitist world of music collecting and fandom, we operate from an ab ovo perspective. The seed, the first incarnation - that is the most pure, the most lauded. Minutemen trumps Firehose, Throwing Muses beats Belly, Joy Division over New Order, Operation Ivy ruled Rancid, Undertones instead of That Petrol Emotion.

I think Lil Uzi is dope. Future is dope. I love Young Thug. I'm a huge Young Thug fan.

I'm a massive OKC Thunder fan.

I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.

I grew up watching Kobe and all these other dudes, but I was in love with that Oklahoma City Thunder team with James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant.

I am a season ticket holder to Dodger games. I go to every Dodger game I can go to. Every single one.

I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through.

I was a huge Sub-Zero guy, but the fact that you can download Freddy Krueger is the coolest thing I've heard of in a very long time.

The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It's fascinating.

As well, there's the age-old syndrome common to fans of musicians with passionate and discerning cult followings. When the objects of adulation are crass enough to become popular, they quickly become a case of "used to be good.

I loved Jared Leto. My So-Called Life, that was my jam. And Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet. Every 14-year-old girl was obsessed with that.

Great, another fan! Hello there! Want to pat me?

I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me.

One day, I received a mail from a female fan saying she had named a star after me. She even mailed me the certificate for it!

I recognize that on paper, you can't really tell that I'm a fan or a nerd.

A lot of fans that recognize me go, 'I kind of hate you,' and I'm all, 'Cool, well, you've just made this sufficiently awkward.'

My father took me to my first game in 1971, and I fell in love with the Redskins and the NFL right then. I was hooked. And we didn't even win that game.

The thing about 'Doctor Who' is it's chased around the world, so there's 50 fans hanging out at every location.

Richard Sherman's my favorite defensive player, so it's cool to be talking with him, hanging out with him.